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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Akinori Muromachi, Matsumoto, JP;
Kohei Ueno, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording unit which is provided in a recording system includes a heat roller pair which contacts paper and performs drying of the paper after recording by a line head using heating and a control unit which controls operation of the heat roller pair, in which a heating region of the heat roller pair is divided into a plurality of subdivisions in a width direction which intersects the medium transport direction and the heat roller pair is configured to be capable of modifying a heating state for each subdivision region, and in which the control unit controls the heating state of each of the subdivision regions in the heat roller pair according to conditions when performing drying of the paper using the heat roller pair.