Printing apparatus, printing system, printing method and non-transitory recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiko NUMAZU, Toshio NAGASAKA, Toshiaki YAJIMA
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Abstract
A printing apparatus prints an image on a recording medium unwound by an unwinder. The recording medium is wound around a first winding shaft in order from a beginning edge to an ending edge of the recording medium. The wound recording medium is rewound, and the rewound recording medium is wound around a second winding shaft in order from the ending edge to the beginning edge of the recording medium.
Claims15
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printing unit that prints images on a recording medium unwound by an unwinder;
- a first winder that winds the printed recording medium around a first winding shaft in order from a beginning edge to an ending edge of the recording medium;
- and
- a second winder that rewinds the recording medium wound around the first winding shaft, and winds the rewound recording medium around a second winding shaft in order from the ending edge to the beginning edge of the recording medium.
A printing system, comprising:
- a first image-forming unit that forms a first developing agent image on a recording medium unwound by a first unwinder;
- a first winder that winds the recording medium on which the first developing agent image was formed around a first winding shaft in order from a beginning edge to an ending edge of the recording medium;
- a second winder that rewinds the recording medium wound around the first winding shaft, and winds the unwound recording medium around a second winding shaft in order from the ending edge to the beginning edge of the recording medium;
- a second unwinder that unwinds the recording medium wound around the second winding shaft in order from the beginning edge to the ending edge of the recording medium;
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- a second image-forming unit that forms a second developing agent image on a surface of the recording medium unwound by the second unwinder on which the first developing agent image was formed.
A printing method, including:
- forming a first developing agent image on an unwound recording medium;
- winding the recording medium on which the first developing agent image was formed around a first winding shaft, in order from a beginning edge to an ending edge of the recording medium;
- rewinding the recording medium wound around the first winding shaft, and winding the rewound recording medium around a second winding shaft, in order from the ending edge to the beginning edge of the recording medium;
- unwinding the recording medium wound around the second winding shaft, in order from the beginning edge to the ending edge of the recording medium;
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- forming a second developing agent image on a surface of the unwound recording medium on which the first developing agent image was formed.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer, the program controlling the computer to perform functions comprising:
- forming a first developing agent image on an unwound recording medium;
- winding the recording medium on which the first developing agent image was formed around a first winding shaft, in order from a beginning edge to an ending edge of the recording medium;
- rewinding the recording medium wound around the first winding shaft, and winding the rewound recording medium around a second winding shaft, in order from the ending edge to the beginning edge of the recording medium;
- unwinding the recording medium wound around the second winding shaft, in order from the beginning edge to the ending edge of the recording medium;
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- forming a second developing agent image on a surface of the unwound recording medium on which the first developing agent image was formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.