Printing apparatus and printing method

摘要

A printing apparatus includes a thermal head has a heat generating element that thermally transfer ink of a ink ribbon onto a recording medium, a conveying unit conveys the recording medium towards the thermal head along a conveyance path, a platen member is positioned opposite to the thermal head in the conveyance path, a moving mechanism moves the thermal head between a first position where the ink is thermally transferred to the recording medium by pressurizing the platen member and a second position departing from the platen member and an adjusting unit, in a condition that the time of moving the thermal head from the second position to the first position is different from a specified time, adjusts a movement timing of the thermal head or a movement time of the thermal head by the moving mechanism according to the difference between the time and the specified time.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a thermal head configured to have a heat generating element that thermally transfer ink of an ink ribbon onto a recording medium; a conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium towards the thermal head along a conveyance path; a platen member configured to be positioned opposite to the thermal head in the conveyance path; a moving mechanism configured to move the thermal head between a first position where the ink is thermally transferred to the recording medium by pressurizing the platen member and a second position departing from the platen member; and an adjusting unit configured to, in a condition that the time of moving the thermal head from the second position to the first position is different from a specified time, adjust at least one of a movement timing of the thermal head and a movement time of the thermal head by the moving mechanism according to the difference between the time and the specified time.