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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Motoyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Norio Tsuchiya, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer that partially cuts roll paper to leave an uncut portion prevents paper jams from reversing the roll paper. A printerhas a print unitfor printing images on roll paper R; a cutter unitdisposed downstream in the conveyance direction from the print unit for cutting the roll paper and leaving an uncut portion; a conveyance unitfor conveying the roll paper in the conveyance direction or a reverse direction that is the opposite of the conveyance direction; and a controllerthat executes a reversing process conveying the roll paper in reverse by the conveyance unitwhen the roll paper is separated from the paper roll at the uncut portion after the cutter unitcuts the roll paper, and not executing the reversing process in specific circumstances in which the roll paper remains connected through the uncut portion.