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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyotaka Nihashi, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 15/02 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/02 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a printer includes a damper that applies tension to continuous paper by moving a predetermined distance toward the continuous paper in a conveying path of the continuous paper to be conveyed. The printer further includes a limiter that switches a state of the damper between a non-limited state in which a moving distance of the damper is not limited and a limited state in which the moving distance of the damper is limited to reduce tension to be applied to the continuous paper.