Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiroyoshi Okada
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transport unit including a roller that transports a recording sheet in a transport direction, a transport motor that rotates the roller, and a driving circuit that drives the transport motor, a head that performs printing on the recording sheet, a cutter that cuts the recording sheet, and a control unit. The control unit puts the transport motor into a hold state by the driving circuit when the recording sheet is cut by the cutter, and puts the transport motor into a short brake state by the driving circuit after the recording sheet is cut by the cutter.
Claims5
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a transport unit including a roller that transports a recording sheet in a transport direction, a transport motor that rotates the roller, and a driving circuit that drives the transport motor;
- a head that performs printing on the recording sheet;
- a cutter that cuts the recording sheet;
- and
- a control unit, wherein
- the control unit
- puts the transport motor into a hold state by the driving circuit when the recording sheet is cut by the cutter, and
- puts the transport motor into a short brake state by the driving circuit after the recording sheet is cut by the cutter.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including a transport unit including a roller that transports a recording sheet in a transport direction, a transport motor that rotates the roller, and a driving circuit that drives the transport motor, a head that performs printing on the recording sheet, and a cutter that cuts the recording sheet, the method comprising:
- putting the transport motor into a hold state by the driving circuit when the recording sheet is cut by the cutter;
- and
- putting the transport motor into a short brake state by the driving circuit after the recording sheet is cut by the cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.