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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takako Kasuga, Shiojiri, JP;
Yuya Iwasa, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshiaki Koike, Shiojiri, JP;
Kiyomi Kuroda, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printerincludes a conveyance unit that conveys roll paper stored in a paper feed device; a computing unitthat calculates the distance between detection marks of the roll paper conveyed by the conveyance unit; a memory unitthat stores a first step count corresponding to the distance between detection marks; a communication interfacethat receives print data containing start coordinates for rendering image data of images to print in an image buffer; a print control unitthat corrects the start coordinates contained in the print data based on the distance between detection marks calculated by the computing unitand a distance between detection marks stored in the memory unit; and a print unit that prints based on the print data at start coordinates corrected by the print control unit