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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinsaku Kosuge, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B26D 3/08 (2006.01); B26D 1/30 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/663 (2013.01); B26D 3/085 (2013.01); B41J 11/666 (2013.01); B41J 11/703 (2013.01); B26D 1/305 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method of a tape printing apparatus the method including performing a blade closing operation using a half cutter in a state in which rotation of a platen roller is stopped and subsequently performing a blade opening operation, causing a discharge feeding section to operate in a period from after the half cutter starts the blade opening operation and until the platen roller starts rotating, and determining presence or absence of a tape in a discharge feeding section based on a detection signal output from a discharge sensor during an operation of the discharge feeding section.