Support unit and printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiroki AOKI
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Abstract
A support unit is configured to support a medium that is imaged by an imaging device and on which printing is performed by a printing apparatus in accordance with a result of the imaging. The support unit includes a table unit including a support region that supports the medium and a non-support region that does not support the medium, and a sandwiching unit having a portion with light transmissivity and being configured to sandwich the medium with the table unit. The non-support region is provided with a plurality of marks recognizable by the imaging device.
Claims5
A support unit configured to support a medium that is imaged by an imaging device and on which printing is performed by a printing apparatus in accordance with a result of the imaging, the support unit comprising:
- a table unit including a support region that supports the medium and a non-support region that does not support the medium;
- and
- a sandwiching unit including a portion with light transmissivity and configured to sandwich the medium with the table unit, wherein
- the non-support region is provided with a plurality of marks recognizable by the imaging device.
A printing system, comprising:
- a support unit configured to support a medium imaged by an imaging device;
- a processing unit configured to process image data of an image captured by the imaging device;
- and
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium in accordance with a result of the processing of the image data by the processing unit, wherein
- the support unit includes:
- a table unit including a support region that supports the medium and a non-support region that does not support the medium;
- and
- a sandwiching unit having a portion with light transmissivity and configured to sandwich the medium with the table unit,
- the non-support region is provided with a plurality of marks recognizable by the imaging device, and
- the image data includes medium image data being image data of the medium and mark image data being image data of the plurality of marks imaged together with the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.