Title:
PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2023120629
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method each of which enables elimination of a wrinkle generated at a portion in a medium, near a portion conveyed by an intermediate roller pair.SOLUTION: A conveyance unit 12 has: a delivery unit 30 that delivers a medium M from a roll body 36; a conveyance roller pair 21 that conveys the medium M toward a printing portion 11; an intermediate roller pair 41 that conveys the medium M delivered by the delivery unit 30 toward the conveyance roller pair 21; a first drive unit 22 that rotates a first drive roller 21a; and a load changing unit that changes a pressing-load acting on between a second drive roller 41a and a second driven roller. A control unit 50 can perform: first control by which the load changing unit is controlled so that the pressing-load is equal to a first pressing-load when rotating the first drive roller 21a during intermittent conveyance; and second control by which the load changing unit is controlled so that the pressing-load is not generated, when stopping the rotation of the first drive roller 21a during the intermittent conveyance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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Inventors:
HATADA NORIFUMI
Application Number:
JP2022023581A
Publication Date:
August 30, 2023
Filing Date:
February 18, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
B65H20/02; B41J15/04; B65H20/04; B65H23/188
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Satoshi Nakai
Hiroki Matsuoka
Masayuki Imamura
Hiroki Matsuoka
Masayuki Imamura