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Printing apparatus having a medium conveying unit

US9092716B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 2013
Grant dateJul 28, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/121
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes: a printing head for making printing on a medium; a platen disposed as to face the printing head in a way selectable between being close and being remote from the printing head; a medium conveying unit changeable of a contacting state to the medium for conveying the medium in contact with the medium along a medium conveyance route; a shutter opening and closing the medium conveyance route; a mode selecting unit having plural selectable modes in combination of a choice between being close to and being remote from the platen, the contacting state of the medium conveying unit to the medium, and a choice between closing and opening of the medium conveyance route by means of the shutter; and a controller controlling the mode selecting unit for selecting a prescribed mode from the plural selectable modes.

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