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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Sumii, Shiojiri, JP;
Keisuke Niwa, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
When at least a part of a cleaning region is located downstream of a contact position where a cleaner is in contact with a transport belt in a normal rotation direction of the transport belt during cleaning of a cleaning region, the control portion can perform cleaning position adjustment control to reversely rotate the transport belt so that an entire of the cleaning region is located upstream of the contact position in the normal rotation direction, before the cleaner is switched from a separation state to a contact state.