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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Itaru Kozuma, Matsumoto Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/185 (2006.01); B65H 23/192 (2006.01); B65H 26/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 15/005 (2013.01); B65H 23/185 (2013.01); B65H 23/192 (2013.01); B65H 26/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4493 (2013.01); B65H 2404/20 (2013.01); B65H 2511/112 (2013.01); B65H 2513/106 (2013.01); B65H 2553/414 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is for notifying information of a remaining amount of a recording medium in a recording apparatus including a delivery section that rotates and delivers a roll-shaped recording medium, a transport belt that transports the recording medium delivered from the delivery section, and a slack sensor that detects a slackened state in the recording medium delivered from the delivery section to the transport belt. The method includes notifying the information of the remaining amount of the recording medium if the slack sensor detects a lack of slack of the recording medium in a period of a first time or more.