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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Imamura, 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; a drum for rotating under force of friction against the recording medium being conveyed by the conveyor unit, the recording medium being wound around the drum; and a recording unit for recording an image onto a portion, wound around the drum, of the recording medium being conveyed by the conveyor unit; the conveyor unit starting the conveyance of the recording medium in a state where a first tension has been applied to the recording medium, but executing a switching operation for switching the tension applied to the recording medium after the conveyance of the recording medium has been started, to a second tension that is lower than the first tension.