Printing apparatus, transport control method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaoto HAYAKAWA, Yasushi YAJIMA
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Abstract
A transport unit configured to transport a medium, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium, and a cutting unit configured to cut the medium are provided, the cutting unit located downstream of the printing unit cuts the medium into a base portion upstream of the cutting unit, and a cut piece downstream of the cutting unit, and the transport unit, with an upstream end of the cut piece in a state of being superposed over the base portion, transports the upstream end of the cut piece from downstream of the cutting unit to upstream of the cutting unit.
Claims8
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a transport unit configured to transport a medium;
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium;
- and
- a cutting unit configured to cut the medium, wherein
- the cutting unit located downstream of the printing unit cuts the medium into a base portion upstream of the cutting unit, and a cut piece downstream of the cutting unit, and
- the transport unit, with an upstream end of the cut piece in a state of being superposed over the base portion, transports the upstream end of the cut piece from downstream of the cutting unit to upstream of the cutting unit.
A transport control method for a printing apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium, and a cutting unit configured to cut the medium, the transport control method comprising:
- a forward feeding step for transporting downstream the medium printed by the printing unit;
- a cutting step for, after the forward feeding step, cutting, by the cutting unit, the printed medium into a base portion upstream of the cutting unit and a cut piece downstream of the cutting unit;
- an superposing step for superposing an upstream end of the cut piece over the base portion;
- and
- a reverse feeding step for, with the upstream end of the cut piece in a state of being superposed over the base portion, transporting the cut piece from downstream of the cutting unit to upstream of the cutting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.