Printer and printing method
A printer includes a print carriage including an ink head, a sub-carriage movable relative to the print carriage, a mount surface where a medium is to be mounted, a dryer to dry an ink ejected from the ink head onto the medium. The sub-carriage includes a temperature sensor and is movable relative to the print carriage to measure a temperature on or above the mount surface using the temperature sensor. The dryer is adjusted such that the temperature to be measured approaches a predetermined temperature.
1. A printer comprising:
a print carriage including an ink head;
a sub-carriage movable relative to the print carriage;
a mount surface where a medium is to be mounted;
a dryer to dry an ink ejected from the ink head onto the medium; wherein
the sub-carriage includes a temperature sensor;
the sub-carriage is movable relative to the print carriage to measure a temperature on or above the mount surface using the temperature sensor; and
the dryer is adjustable such that the temperature to be measured approaches a predetermined temperature.
2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
the dryer includes an air blower to blow air toward the medium; and
the temperature sensor is operable to measure a temperature of the air blown by the air blower.
3. The printer according to claim 2 , wherein
the air blower includes an air heater to heat the air; and
the air heater is adjustable such that the temperature to be measured by the temperature sensor approaches the predetermined temperature.
4. The printer according to claim 2 , further comprising a notifier to notify a user of a warning when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a warning temperature, the warning temperature being higher than the predetermined temperature.
5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
the dryer includes a medium heater to heat the media; and
the temperature sensor to measure a temperature of a surface of the medium.
6. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein
the sub-carriage includes a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the temperature sensor; and
the temperature sensor is lowered to contact the medium, to measure the temperature of the surface of the medium.
7. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein
the medium heater includes a first area and a second area different from the first area;
the temperature sensor is operable to measure each of a first measurement temperature of an area corresponding to the first area and a second measurement temperature of an area corresponding to the second area, in the surface of the medium; and
a heating temperature of the first area and a heating temperature of the second area are respectively adjusted such that the first measurement temperature approaches a first predetermined temperature and the second measurement temperature approaches a second predetermined temperature.
8. The printer according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cap to cover a nozzle surface of the ink head; wherein the sub-carriage is movable relative to the print carriage, in a state where the print carriage is positioned at a capping position at which the nozzle surface of the ink head is covered with the cap.
9. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-carriage includes a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the temperature sensor.
10. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-carriage includes a mover to move the temperature sensor in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a surface of the medium and in a direction intersecting a direction of movement of the sub-carriage.
11. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein a range in which the temperature is measured by the temperature sensor is changed according to an area to which the ink is ejected in the surface of the medium.