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US 8,888,221 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakehiko Saito, Sanshiro Takeshita
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a transport roller that transports a sheet by a predetermined transportation amount along a transportation path, a printing unit that records an image on the sheet being transported in synchronization with driving of the transport roller, a position detecting mechanism that detects whether an installation position is vertical installation or horizontal installation, and a transportation amount correcting unit that corrects a transportation amount depending on the detection result of the position detecting mechanism.
Claims17
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a medium transporting unit that transports a recording medium by a predetermined transportation amount along a transportation path;
- an image recording unit that records an image on the recording medium being transported in synchronization with driving of the medium transporting unit;
- an installation position detecting unit that detects whether an installation position is vertical installation or horizontal installation;
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- a transportation amount correcting unit that corrects the transportation amount depending on a detection result of the installation position detecting unit.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a medium transporting unit that transports a recording medium by a predetermined transportation amount along a transportation path;
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- an installation position detecting unit that detects an installation position of the apparatus,
- wherein the transporting unit changes the transportation amount depending on a detection result of the installation position detecting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.