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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Kenji Hatada, Shiojiri, JP;
Hitoshi Igarashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus including: a first motor configured to provide a drive force for rotating a roll member that is a wound medium; a second motor configured to provide a drive force for driving a transporting drive roller provided on a downstream side of the roll member along a feeding direction of the medium for transporting the medium; and a control unit configured to drive at least one of the first motor and the second motor to cancel the slackness of the medium generated between the roll member and the transporting drive roller.