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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaro Harada, Nagano, JP;
Kohei Ueno, Nagano, JP;
Akinori Muromachi, Nagano, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Nagano, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Furumido, Nagano, JP;
Hirohisa Adachi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path includes first and second inversion paths in which the medium is inverted upside down, respectively, the second inversion path being provided with a decurling unit that corrects curl of the medium, the first inversion path being not provided with the decurling unit, the first and second inversion paths being selectively used to invert the medium upside down according to printing data for the medium.