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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Hiroyuki Tsugaru, Saitama, JP;
Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Gen Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsugaru, Saitama, JP;
Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Gen Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatusincludes a detecting unit, which detects that a core part at a center portion of a recording medium, in a rolled state, has reached a predetermined position accompanying the consumption of the recording mediumin a recording medium accommodating unitaccommodating the recording medium, when the printer apparatusis in an installed state; and further includes a moving mechanism that moves the detecting unit to a position whereby the detecting function of the detecting unit is deactivated.