Printing device and printing method

摘要

A printing device has a support and heating unit, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on a medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a color image printing process for discharging the color image ink and printing a color image on the medium, and a background image printing process for discharging the background image ink and printing a background image that is a background of the color image on the medium, and to perform the other one of the processes subsequent to the one of the process. The controller is further configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head to an evacuation position from above the support and heating unit to have the head wait at the evacuation position between the color image printing process and the background image printing process.

主权项

1. A printing device comprising:
a support and heating unit configured and arranged to support and heat a medium; a head configured and arranged to discharge color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit; and a controller configured to perform one of a color image printing process for discharging the color image ink from the head and printing a color image on the medium, and a background image printing process for discharging the background image ink from the head and printing a background image that is a background of the color image on the medium, and to perform the other one of the color image printing process and the background image printing process subsequent to the one of the color image printing process and the background image printing process, the controller being further configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head to an evacuation position from above the support and heating unit to have the head wait at the evacuation position between the color image printing process and the background image printing process.