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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsugo Ishida, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a first projecting/retracting portion located at a first pressing position when a diameter of a roll paper R is larger than a first diameter and located at a first release position when the diameter of the roll paper R is smaller than the first diameter in a case where the printing apparatus is installed in a first posture, a second projecting/retracting portion located at a second pressing position when the diameter of the roll paper R is larger than a second diameter and located at a second release position when the diameter of the roll paper R is smaller than the second diameter in a case where the printing apparatus is installed in a second posture, and a detection section having a single sensor and detecting a displacement of the first projecting/retracting portion and a displacement of the second projecting/retracting portion by the sensor.