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Printing apparatus and conveyance control method thereof

US12053975B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 2021
Grant dateAug 6, 2024
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J15/04
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a first roller that nips and conveys, in a conveyance direction, a printing medium, a second roller that nips and conveys the printing medium at a downstream side of the first roller in the conveyance direction, a print unit that prints an image on the printing medium conveyed by the second roller, and a control unit that, until printing by the print unit reaches a vicinity of a trailing end of a print length, sets a nip pressure of the first roller to a first pressure, and when printing by the print unit reaches the vicinity of the trailing end of the print length, sets the nip pressure of the first roller to a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure.

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