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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhide Torigoe, Matsumoto, JP;
Junya Kato, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a holding unit that holds a plurality of roll bodies, a transport device () which has a transport unit () that imparts a transport force by coming into contact with a medium (M), a pressing unit () which presses the medium (M) toward the transport unit (), and an adjustment unit () which is able to adjust a pressing force on the medium (M) in each of a plurality of regions in a width direction, the transport device () is able to transport the plurality of mediums (M) in the transport direction (F) in a state of being lined up in the width direction, a printing unit which performs printing on the medium (M), and a control unit which controls the adjustment unit () such that pressing force on the medium (M) in the non-printing state is smaller than in the printing state.