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US 9,789,710 B2Granted
Printer and paper cut detection method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakuya Sugimoto
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Abstract
A printer detects when printing paper S is cut by a head cover 32, and includes a vibration detector 71 for detecting vibration, a cut decision mechanism 72 for determining based on output from the vibration detector 71 if the printing paper S was cut by the head cover 32, and a cut report transmitter that reports that the printing paper S was cut.
Claims12
A printing device comprising:
- a print mechanism configured to print on paper;
- a cutter configured to cut paper;
- a vibration detector configured to detect vibration of the printing device during cutting of the paper;
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- a cut decision mechanism configured to determine if the paper was cut with the cutter based on output from the vibration detector.
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A cut detection method comprising:
- a vibration detection step of detecting vibration of a printing device during cutting of paper;
- a cut decision step of determining if the paper was cut using a cutter based on the output from the vibration detection step;
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- a cut report transmission step of sending a cut report when the cut decision step determines that paper was cut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.