| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing apparatus that includes a drying unit that keeps high drying efficiency even after a long time continuous operation and has high efficiency of using energy. <P>SOLUTION: The printing apparatus includes a drying unit causing hot air heated by a heater to circulate through a housing and blowing the hot air to a sheet. The housing includes an opening through which movement of gas between inside and outside the housing can be adjusted. When conveyance of the sheet in the drying unit stops due to the occurrence of a jam or the like, the printing apparatus is controlled to reduce an output of the heater and to increase the movement of the gas through the opening. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
