US 10,897,547 B2Granted

Multi-function printer

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsYosuke Nakano, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Hitoshi Igarashi

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Abstract

Provided is a multi-function printer including a driving roller provided in a read transport path including a paper feeding port and a paper discharging port, the driving roller being configured to transport paper, another driving roller provided in a transport path, the other driving roller being configured to transport paper, a reading unit configured to read a surface of the paper transported by the driving roller, a printing unit configured to perform printing onto the paper being transported by the other driving roller, a read controller configured to control the driving roller and the reading unit, and a print controller configured to control the other driving roller and the printing unit. The driving roller, the paper feeding port, the paper discharging port, and the reading unit are disposed in a downstream of the printing unit in a transport direction at a position of printing by the printing unit.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A multi-function printer comprising:

a first transport roller provided in a path including a paper feeding port and a paper discharging port, the first transport roller being configured to transport a first medium;
a second transport roller provided in a path different from the path provided with the first transport roller, the second transport roller being configured to transport a second medium;
a reading unit configured to read a surface of the first medium that is transported by the first transport roller;
a printing unit configured to perform printing onto the second medium that is transported by the second transport roller;
a read controller configured to control the first transport roller and the reading unit;
and
a print controller configured to control the second transport roller and the printing unit, wherein
the first transport roller, the paper feeding port, the paper discharging port, and the reading unit are disposed in a downstream of the printing unit in a transport direction at a position of printing by the printing unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.