Printing apparatus and conveying apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYasuhide Torigoe
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Abstract
A printing apparatus and a conveying apparatus are provided. The printing apparatus is provided with a main body unit including a printing unit configured to print on a medium and legs supporting the printing unit. The printing apparatus includes a pair of holding members configured to hold both ends, in an axial direction, of a roll of media at a position vertically above a floor surface on which the main body unit is placed. The roll of media is formed by winding the medium. A drive unit is configured to rotate the roll of media held by the holding members. A guide member connected to the main body unit is configured to support the holding members moveably in a width direction X. The guide member is disposed at a position horizontally closer to the main body unit than the holding members.
Claims5
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a main body unit that includes a printing unit configured to print on a medium and legs supporting the printing unit;
- a pair of holding members configured to hold both ends, in an axial direction, of a roll of media at a position vertically above a floor surface on which the main body unit is placed, the roll of media being formed by winding the medium;
- a drive unit configured to rotate the roll of media held by the holding members;
- a guide member connected to the main body unit and, when the axial direction of the roll of media held by the holding members is a width direction of the guide member, configured to support the holding members movably in the width direction, wherein the guide member is disposed at a position horizontally closer to the main body unit than the holding members;
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- a conveying apparatus including:
- a mount on which the roll of media is mounted;
- a control unit;
- a displacement member configured to be displaced by the roll of media when the roll of media is mounted on the mount;
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- an adjustment member configured to adjust a vertical position of the mount;
- the conveying apparatus being configured to convey the roll of media while the roll of media is mounted on the mount,
- wherein the adjustment member comprises a plurality of telescopic members that are disposed at corners of a rear side of the mount, wherein the control unit is configured to control the adjustment member based on an amount of displacement of the displacement member when the roll of media is mounted on the mount.
A conveying apparatus comprising:
- a mount on which a roll of media is mounted;
- a control unit;
- a displacement member configured to be displaced by the roll of media when the roll of media is mounted on the mount;
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- an adjustment member configured to adjust a vertical position of the mount, wherein the adjustment member comprises a plurality of telescopic members that are disposed at corners of a rear side of the mount;
- wherein:
- the control unit is configured to control the adjustment member based on an amount of displacement of the displacement member when the roll of media is mounted on the mount
- the roll of media is formed by winding a medium;
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- the conveying apparatus is configured to convey the roll of media to a printing apparatus on which the roll of media is to be mounted and which is configured to print on the medium unwound from the roll of media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.