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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Naoto Hayakawa, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B65H 3/5261 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a first transport roller pair configured to transport a medium while nipping the medium at a first nip portion, a second transport roller pair disposed downstream of the first transport roller pair and configured to transport the medium while nipping the medium at a second nip portion, and a device disposed between the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair in a transport path for the medium, and configured to nip the medium at a third nip portion, wherein a nip force in the third nip portion is weaker than a nip force in the first nip portion, and in a state where the medium is nipped at the first nip portion, a leading end of the medium is aligned with the second nip portion, and then the nipping at the first nip portion is released.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hayakawa, Naoto. (2025). Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12492088). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12492088

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