Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshiaki Oshima
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a rotating shaft that is displaceable in an axial direction and feeds a recording medium by rotating, a print head that prints on the recording medium that is fed from the rotating shaft, a support member that supports the recording medium between the rotating shaft and the print head, a process execution unit that performs a front surface modifying process on the recording medium supported by the support member, and a displacement mechanism that displaces the support member according to displacement of the rotating shaft.
Claims8
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a rotating shaft that is displaceable in an axial direction and is adapted to feed a recording medium by rotating;
- a print head for printing on the recording medium that is fed from the rotating shaft;
- a support member for supporting the recording medium between the rotating shaft and the print head;
- a process execution unit for performing a front surface modifying process on the recording medium supported by the support member;
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- a displacement mechanism for displacing the support member according to displacement of the rotating shaft.
A printing method for printing by a print head on a recording medium that is fed from a rotating shaft to the print head, the method comprising:
- feeding the recording medium by displacing the rotating shaft in an axial direction and rotating the rotating shaft;
- performing a front surface modifying process on the recording medium supported by a support member between the rotating shaft and the print head;
- and
- printing by the print head on the recording medium that is fed to the print head after being subjected to the front surface modifying process,
- wherein the support member is displaced according to displacement of the rotating shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.