Image formation apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorKerama YABE
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes: a conveyance unit provided to convey a long medium provided with conveyance indexes at a predetermined conveyance index spacing; a print unit provided to perform printing on the medium; a cutter unit provided to cut the medium; an index detector provided to detect the conveyance indexes; a print controller configured to drive the print unit to perform printing in response to detection of the conveyance indexes; a cut controller configured to cause the cutter unit to cut the medium in response to detection of the conveyance indexes; and a conveyance controller configured to form a slack in the medium by driving the conveyance unit. The print controller performs printing based on a virtual conveyance index when the medium having the slack is cut.
Claims8
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit provided to convey a long medium provided with conveyance indexes at a predetermined conveyance index spacing;
- a print unit provided to perform printing on the medium;
- a cutter unit provided to cut the medium;
- an index detector provided to detect the conveyance indexes;
- a print controller configured to drive the print unit to perform printing in response to a detection of the conveyance indexes;
- a cut controller configured to cause the cutter unit to cut the medium in response to the detection of the conveyance indexes;
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- a conveyance controller configured to form a slack in the medium by driving the conveyance unit,
- wherein the print controller performs printing based on a virtual conveyance index when the medium having the slack is cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.