Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToru Takami
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing part configured to perform printing on a recording medium in which a label is attached to a backing sheet, transport rollers configured to sandwich and transport the recording medium, a peeling member configured to peel off the label from the backing sheet by bending the recording medium, and a tensioner configured to apply a tension in a direction opposite to a transport direction of the recording medium transported by the transport rollers to the recording medium, wherein, in the transport direction, the transport rollers are positioned downstream of the peeling member, and the tensioner is positioned upstream of the peeling member.
Claims6
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing part configured to perform printing on a recording medium in which a label is attached to a backing sheet;
- transport rollers configured to sandwich and transport the recording medium;
- a peeling member configured to bend the recording medium to peel off the label from the backing sheet;
- and
- a tensioner configured to apply a tension to the recording medium in a direction opposite to a transport direction of the recording medium by the transport rollers, wherein
- the transport rollers are positioned downstream of the peeling member in the transport direction, and the tensioner is positioned upstream of the peeling member,
- wherein the tensioner includes a support portion configured to support the recording medium, and a pressing portion which is contactable to and separable from the support portion, the support portion and the pressing portion being non-rotatable;
- and
- the tensioner sandwiches the recording medium between the support portion and the pressing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.