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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Hori, Nagano, JP;
Yujiro Nomura, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording device includes: a conveyor unit for conveying a recording medium along a conveyance pathway of the recording medium by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller provided to the conveyance pathway; a recording unit for recording an image onto the recording medium in a first region between the first drive roller and the second drive roller on the conveyance pathway; and a control unit for applying a first tension to the recording medium in the first region by controlling the torque of the second drive roller, while also adjusting the rotational speed of the first drive roller; wherein the control unit controls the conveyor unit to thereby apply a second tension that is lower than the first tension to the recording medium in a second region on the opposite side of the first region from the second drive roller in the conveyance pathway.