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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Hayakawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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.