US 9,517,643 B2Granted

Recording device and control method therefor

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorHiroki Shinagawa

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Abstract

When a paper jam occurs while printing, the control unit of a printer 1 retracts the head carriage 59 at a slow speed (initial retraction speed V1), and retracts the head carriage 59 at the slow speed to the target retraction position if the access cover 11 is not opened. If the access cover 11 is opened during retraction, the speed of head carriage 59 movement is changed to a faster retraction speed (high retraction speed V2). If the head carriage 59 is retracted quickly when the access cover 11 is opened, there is little chance of a user that wants to quickly restore printer 1 operation catching the stuck paper P on the printhead 22 and tearing the paper P. There is therefore little chance of problems resulting from torn pieces of paper being left inside the printer 1.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A recording device comprising:

a conveyance roller pair that conveys a recording medium;
a recording head that records on the recording medium;
a carriage that carries the recording head;
a carriage drive mechanism that moves the carriage crosswise to the conveyance direction of the recording medium;
a control unit that, when a paper jam of the recording medium is detected, retracts the carriage to one end or the other end of the carriage movement range at a predetermined initial retraction speed, and when a paper jam of the recording medium is not detected, does not retract the carriage at the predetermined initial retraction speed;
an access cover that covers the conveyance path through which the recording medium is conveyed;
and
a detector that detects opening the access cover,
wherein the control unit changes the speed of carriage movement to a faster speed than the initial retraction speed based on the detector detecting opening of the access cover.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.