US 12,240,224 B2
Printing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and medium
Hirofumi Kondo, Mie (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,012.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061458 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311538 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/00212 (2021.01) [B41J 11/00214 (2021.01); B41J 11/00216 (2021.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a line head including a plurality of nozzles and a discharging surface in which the plurality of nozzles is opened, the line head being configured to discharge a photo-curing ink from the plurality of nozzles to a printing medium;
a light irradiator configured to irradiate the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with a light;
an optical sensor configured to measure a distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface, and
a controller configured to cause the light irradiator to execute an irradiating operation of irradiating the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with the light at a first timing, and cause the optical sensor to execute a distance measuring operation of measuring the distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface at a second timing different from the first timing.