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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Tetsuji Takeishi, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Hirotomo Tanaka, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Tetsuji Takeishi, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Hirotomo Tanaka, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer-control apparatus, a printer-control method, and a printer according to the invention sequentially record a relative position of a printing medium specified from an accumulated carried amount of the printing medium and/or driving speed of a paper-feed motor for driving a printing medium carrying mechanism for carrying the printing medium for a period longer than reaction delay time at every time interval shorter than the reaction delay time as a time difference between a time when a front edge or a rear edge of the printing medium reaches an initial position of a swing pin of a mechanical paper detection sensor which detects the front edge and/or the rear edge of the printing medium by swinging operation of the swing pin and a time when the front or rear edge of the printing medium is detected.