US 12,030,302 B2
Liquid ejecting apparatus, method for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus
Naoki Uemura, Suwa (JP); Masaki Miyazawa, Matsumoto (JP); Hirohisa Adachi, Matsukawa-machi (JP); Hiroyuki Kosuge, Matsumoto (JP); Yuto Suzuki, Shiojiri (JP); Shunpei Yamaguchi, Ota-ku (JP); Hironori Matsuoka, Matsumoto (JP); and Hiroshi Shiobara, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,332.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-008344 (JP), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234368 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/00222 (2021.01) [B41J 11/0024 (2021.01); B41J 13/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a transportation unit that transports a sheet in a direction of transportation;
an ejection unit that ejects a liquid to the sheet;
a heating unit that heats the sheet to which the liquid is ejected;
a discharge unit to which the heated sheet is discharged; and
a control unit that controls, based on information inputted, the transportation unit, the ejection unit, and the heating unit, wherein
the control unit specifies an amount of ejection of the liquid from the ejection unit, controls an operation of the heating unit such that an undried region where the liquid on the sheet is not dried and a dried region where the liquid on the sheet is dried as compared to the liquid in the undried region are formed on the sheet, and controls a transporting operation by the transportation unit such that the sheet on which the dried region and the undried region are formed is discharged to the discharge unit; and
wherein the control unit changes the amount of ejection of the liquid from the ejection unit depending on a capacity of the heating unit.