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Printing apparatus and printing method

US8147023B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2009
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A printing apparatus including: a first motor configured to provide a drive force for rotating a roll member that is a wound medium; a second motor configured to provide a drive force for driving a transporting drive roller provided on a downstream side of the roll member along a feeding direction of the medium for transporting the medium; and a control unit configured to drive at least one of the first motor and the second motor to cancel the slackness of the medium generated between the roll member and the transporting drive roller.

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