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Title:
PRINTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/017951
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a printing apparatus which is provided with a holding unit that holds, so as to be rotatable, a plurality of roll bodies on which a medium (M) is wound in a cylindrical shape, a transport device (100) which has a transport unit (110) that imparts a transport force by coming into contact with the medium (M) that is unwound from the roll body which is held in the holding unit, a pressing unit (120) which presses the medium (M) toward the transport unit (110), and an adjustment unit (140) which is able to adjust a pressing force on the medium (M) in each of a plurality of regions in a width direction, and is able to transport the plurality of mediums (M) in the transport direction (F) in a state of being lined up in the width direction, a printing unit which performs printing on the medium (M) that is transported by the transport device (100), and a control unit which controls the adjustment unit (140) such that pressing force on the medium (M) in the non-printing state is smaller than in the printing state.

Inventors:
TORIGOE YASUHIDE (JP)
KATO JUNYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/003461
Publication Date:
February 02, 2017
Filing Date:
July 27, 2016
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B41J11/50; B41J2/01; B41J11/06; B41J15/04; B65H20/02
Foreign References:
JP2001347652A2001-12-18
JPH1199713A1999-04-13
JP2003291440A2003-10-14
US20150197104A12015-07-16
EP2754559A12014-07-16
US20140035984A12014-02-06
EP0743188A11996-11-20
JP2003326781A2003-11-19
Other References:
See also references of EP 3328651A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WATANABE, Kazuaki et al. (JP)
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