Recording device and recording method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorAtsushi Miyasaka
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Abstract
A recording device including a feeding unit configured to feed out a target recording medium while supporting the target recording medium in a roll form, a head that ejects ink to a surface of the target recording medium fed from the feeding unit thereby forming an image on the surface, a corona irradiation unit that is arranged between the feeding unit and the head in a transport path of the target recording medium and modifies the surface by performing corona irradiation, and a transport path length changing unit that is arranged between the corona irradiation unit and the head and changes a length of the transport path.
Claims8
A recording device comprising:
- a feeding unit configured to feed out a target recording medium while supporting the target recording medium in a roll form;
- a head configured to eject ink to a surface of the target recording medium fed from the feeding unit, thereby forming an image on the surface;
- a corona irradiation unit arranged between the feeding unit and the head in a transport path of the target recording medium and configured to modify the surface by performing corona irradiation;
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- a transport path length changing unit arranged between the corona irradiation unit and the head in the transport path and configured to change a length of the transport path.
A recording method for a recording device comprising a feeding unit configured to feed out a target recording medium while supporting the target recording medium in a roll form, a head configured to eject ink to a surface of the target recording medium fed from the feeding unit, thereby forming an image on the surface, a corona irradiation unit arranged between the feeding unit and the head in a transport path of the target recording medium and configured to modify the surface by performing corona irradiation, the recording method comprising:
- changing a length of the transport path between the corona irradiation unit and the head according to an output of the corona irradiation unit, and
- subsequently transporting the target recording medium and forming an image by the head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.