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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/165 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 15/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus for printing on printing media in a continuous business form. The apparatus includes a transport device, a detector for detecting a splice portion between the printing media transported by the transport device, a printing section for printing on the printing media transported by the transport device, a drying section for drying at a drying temperature the printing media printed in the printing section and transported by the transport device, and a controller for operating the transport device to reduce tension applied to the splice portion at least while the splice portion is located in the drying section.