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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hatada, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance unit includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium from a roll, a conveyance roller pair that conveys the medium toward a printing unit, an intermediate roller pair that conveys, toward the conveyance roller pair, the medium fed by the feeding unit, a first driving unit that rotates a first driving roller, and a load changing unit that changes a pressing load acting between a second driving roller and a second driven roller. A control unit can execute a first control that controls the load changing unit such that the pressing load is a first pressing load when the first driving roller is rotated in an intermittent conveyance, and execute a second control that controls the load changing unit such that the pressing load is not generated when the rotation of the first driving roller is stopped in the intermittent conveyance.