Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit to eject a liquid to an object to be printed in a first direction to perform printing, a placement unit on which the object is placed, and a detection unit capable of detecting a position of the object in the first direction in a noncontact manner. A control unit performs a first detection which changes relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit in the first direction and on a plane intersecting the first direction before the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit, and the control unit performs a second detection which changes the relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit on the plane during the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording medium placed at a first position, a placement unit configured to place the recording medium on the placement unit, and a pressing member configured to apply a pressing force to the recording medium placed on the placement unit toward the placement unit in a case where the recording medium is at the first position, and to release the pressing force in a case where the recording medium moves from the first position.

Abstract: A nail printing apparatus includes a finger-disposing unit on which a printing finger which is a finger with a nail portion on which printing an image is to be performed is to be disposed and which is capable of being elevated and lowered and an abutting member configured to, in a case where the printing finger is inserted, abut a near-tip portion of the inserted printing finger, wherein in a case where the printing finger is inserted, the finger-disposing unit and the abutting member slide in an insertion direction of the printing finger.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique to adjust an inclination of a surface of a nail. One embodiment of the present invention is a nail printing apparatus that prints an image on a nail and includes: a finger placement unit capable of lifting and lowering on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust an inclination in a height direction of a tip side and a bottom side of a surface of the nail corresponding to the finger placed on the finger placement unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that includes an ejection port surface provided with ejection ports through which liquid is ejected, a wiping unit, a depressurizing unit, and detection unit. The wiping unit has an opening and wipes the ejection port surface by moving in a predetermined direction while the opening abuts against the ejection port surface. The depressurizing unit applies negative pressure to the ejection port surface via the opening. The detection unit detects an ejection state of the ejection ports. After driving the depressurizing unit when the opening abuts against the ejection port surface, the suction operation sucks the liquid from the ejection ports while moving the wiping unit. The suction operation is performed from a first ejection port detected as an ejection-failed ejection port by the detection unit under a suction condition different from suction conditions of the ejection ports other than the first ejection port.

Abstract: A technique capable of properly detecting the height position of an object to be printed is provided. A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to eject a liquid to an object to be printed in a first direction to perform printing; a placement unit on which the object is placed; a detection unit capable of detecting the position of the object in the first direction in a noncontact manner; and a control unit configured to change relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit on a plane intersecting the first direction to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit.