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US 12,577,080 B2Granted
Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKoki Fukasawa
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transport roller, a printing unit, and a winding angle changing unit. The transport roller is configured to apply a transport force to the printing medium and transport the printing medium. The printing unit is configured to perform printing on the printing medium transported. The winding angle changing unit is provided upstream of the transport roller in a transport direction of the printing medium and configured to change a winding angle at which the printing medium comes into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the transport roller.
Claims13
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the printing medium;
- a final upstream transport roller being a final roller that is upstream of the printing unit and configured to apply a transport force in a transport direction to the printing medium to transport the printing medium to the printing unit;
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- a roller angle changing unit provided upstream of the final upstream transport roller in a transport direction of the printing medium and configured to change a winding-roller angle at which the printing medium comes into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the final upstream transport roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.