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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasumichi Okuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a rewind operation in which a supply motor rotates a paper roll to take up slack in the recording paper, movement of a movable member that is pushed in the direction applying tension to the recording paper and moves according to variation in the tension on the recording paper is detected, the supply motor is controlled according to movement of the movable member, and the time required to take up slack in the roll paper is shortened.