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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akinobu Nakahata, Nagano, JP;
Takamasa Ikagawa, Nagano, JP;
Hiroki Chino, Nagano, JP;
Yosaku Tamura, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/60 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints an image on a sheet by using ink, a feed path along which the sheet is transported toward the printing unit, a switchback mechanism that, when two sides of the sheet are to be printed, switches back the sheet of which one of the two sides has been printed and sends the sheet to the feed path, and a correction roller pair capable of correcting skew of the sheet by having firm contact with the sheet transported along the feed path.