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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Takuya Yasue, Matsumoto, JP;
Jun Fukasawa, Hata-machi, JP;
Takuya Yasue, Matsumoto, JP;
Jun Fukasawa, Hata-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of interrupting a printing operation in a continuous transport process in which a first roller and a second roller transports plural printing mediums including a first medium on a tray in a transport direction to a printing area at which the printing operation is performed to each printing medium, the second roller is arranged at a downstream side of the first roller in the transport direction, and a third roller comes in contact with the first roller at a contact point to transport the printing mediums together with the first roller and is separated from the first roller not to transport the printing mediums, the method includes: separating the third roller from the first roller, when a trailing end edge of the first medium at least apart of which is disposed in the printing area is located at an upstream side of a predetermined point in the transport direction, and driving the second roller to transport the first medium after the third roller is separated from the first roller. The predetermined point is arranged at a downstream side of the contact point in the transport direction.