Printing device and printing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12204802-B2
Application number	US-202318477048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2023
Priority date	Mar 24, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

When a printing interruption cause occurs during printing of an image on a printing medium, printing of a page being printed is completed, and further only a position mark is printed on a printing resumption page. Then, a printing unit is stopped, and a conveyance speed is decelerated to stop conveyance of the printing medium. Next, the printing medium is rewound so that printing is resumed from the printing resumption page. Thereafter, the conveyance speed is accelerated to a predetermined speed, and printing is resumed from the printing resumption page on which the position mark is printed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing system comprising: a first printing device configured to print a first image on a first surface of a printing medium including the first surface and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface; a second printing device configured to print a second image on the second surface; and a reversing unit provided between the first printing device and the second printing device and configured to reverse the first surface and the second surface,
wherein the first printing device includes:
a first conveyance unit configured to convey the printing medium;
a first printing unit configured to print an image by ejecting ink on the first surface of the printing medium conveyed by the first conveyance unit; and
a first control unit,

wherein the first control unit includes:
a first printing control unit configured to control operation of the first printing unit; and
a first conveyance control unit configured to control operation of the first conveyance unit,

the first printing control unit includes a first printing interruption control unit configured to control, when a printing interruption cause occurs, the first printing unit to interrupt printing operation after completing printing of a first printing-interruption-time last page being printed on the first surface of the printing medium, and further printing a first position mark indicating a printing resumption position on a first printing resumption page that is a next page of the first printing-interruption-time last page,
the first conveyance control unit includes a first conveyance speed control unit configured to control, after interruption of printing operation of the first printing unit, the first conveyance unit to start deceleration of a conveyance speed of the printing medium and stop conveyance of the printing medium,
the second printing device includes:
a second conveyance unit configured to convey the printing medium;
a second printing unit configured to print an image by ejecting ink on the second surface of the printing medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit; and
a second control unit,

the second control unit includes:
a second printing control unit configured to control operation of the second printing unit; and
a second conveyance control unit configured to control operation of the second conveyance unit,

the second printing control unit includes a second printing interruption control unit configured to control, when a printing interruption cause occurs, the second printing unit to interrupt printing operation after completing printing of a second printing-interruption-time last page being printed on the second surface of the printing medium, and further printing a second position mark indicating a printing resumption position on a second printing resumption page that is a next page of the second printing-interruption-time last page,
the second conveyance control unit includes a second conveyance speed control unit configured to control, after interruption of printing operation of the second printing unit, the second conveyance unit to start deceleration of a conveyance speed of the printing medium and stop conveyance of the printing medium,
the first printing interruption control unit and the second printing interruption control unit control the first printing unit and the second printing unit respectively to interrupt printing operation after completing printing of the first printing-interruption-time last page and the second printing-interruption-time last page and further printing the first position mark and the second position mark, and
the first conveyance speed control unit and the second conveyance speed control unit cooperatively control, after completion of printing of the first position mark and the second position mark, the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit to start deceleration of the conveyance speed of the printing medium and stop the conveyance of the printing medium.

2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first printing device further includes a first fixing unit configured to fix an image printed on the first surface of the printing medium by the first printing unit to the printing medium,
the first conveyance speed control unit controls the first conveyance unit so that the first printing-interruption-time last page is conveyed to the first fixing unit when causing the first conveyance unit to stop conveyance of the printing medium,
the second printing device further includes a second fixing unit configured to fix an image printed on the second surface of the printing medium by the second printing unit to the printing medium, and
the second conveyance speed control unit controls the second conveyance unit so that the second printing-interruption-time last page is conveyed to the second fixing unit when causing the second conveyance unit to stop conveyance of the printing medium.

3. The printing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first conveyance control unit includes a first rewinding control unit configured to control the first conveyance unit so that the printing medium is rewound after fixing processing on the first printing-interruption-time last page by the first fixing unit and fixing processing on the second printing-interruption-time last page by the second fixing unit are completed, and
the second conveyance control unit includes a second rewinding control unit configured to control the second conveyance unit so that the printing medium is rewound after the fixing processing on the first printing-interruption-time last page by the first fixing unit and the fixing processing on the second printing-interruption-time last page by the second fixing unit are completed.

4. The printing system according to claim 3 , wherein
before the conveyance of the printing medium is resumed for printing resumption after printing operation of the first printing unit and the second printing unit are interrupted,
the first rewinding control unit controls the first conveyance unit so that the printing medium is rewound until a distance from the printing resumption position of the first printing resumption page to the first printing unit becomes equal to or longer than an acceleration distance required to obtain a conveyance speed that allows the first printing resumption page to be printed, and
the second rewinding control unit controls the second conveyance unit so that the printing medium is rewound until a distance from the printing resumption position of the second printing resumption page to the second printing unit becomes equal to or longer than an acceleration distance required to obtain a conveyance speed that allows the second printing resumption page to be printed.

5. The printing system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first printing device further includes a first inspection unit configured to inspect a first image printed by the first printing unit,
the first control unit further includes a first inspection control unit configured to control operation of the first inspection unit,
the first inspection control unit controls the operation of the first inspection unit to inspect first images for all the pages for which the inspection is not completed when the conveyance of the printing medium is resumed after interruption of printing operation of the first printing unit and the second printing unit,
the second printing device further includes a second inspection unit configured to inspect a second image printed by the second printing unit,
the second control unit further includes a second inspection control unit configured to control operation of the second inspection unit, and
the second inspection control unit controls the operation of the second inspection unit to inspect second images for all the page

Assignees

• Screen Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Susumu
• Ishida Tetsuya

Classifications

• G06K15/16

  Means for paper feeding or form feeding · CPC title

• G06K15/102

  using ink jet print heads · CPC title

• G06F3/1282

  High volume printer device · CPC title

• G06F3/1234

  Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting (G06F3/1261 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title