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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Yokoyama, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printer device includes regulating members provided in a conveyance path of paper or an accommodation unit of the paper, and regulating side edges of the paper in a width direction and having a variable regulating width, a detection unit configured to detect a paper width of the paper based on the regulating width of the regulating members, and a processor. The processor is configured to store the paper width detected by the detection unit in a storage unit, control printing of the paper in the width direction based on the paper width stored in the storage unit, and update the paper width stored in the storage unit according to a variation in the paper width if the paper width newly detected by the detection unit is varied from the paper width stored in the storage unit.