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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Yoda, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a feeding unit, a conveyance roller, a printing unit, a guide unit, a winding unit, and a control unit. The guide unit includes a heater (first heater) that heats a surface that comes into contact with a printing medium (medium), and applies a tensile force while heating the medium after printing by the first heater. The control unit controls a winding force of the winding unit to adjust the tensile force applied to the printing medium by the guide unit. The control unit performs the control to change the winding force of the winding unit and the heating temperature of the first heater in accordance with the type of the medium, the printing condition during the printing, or the environmental condition.