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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Murotani, Shiojiri, JP;
Mitsutaka Ide, Shiojiri, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shimosuwa-Machi, JP;
Hideyuki Kataoka, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper (P), a medium support unit () in which a support surface () that is capable of supporting continuous paper (P) that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections (A andB), which are indented from the support surface (), are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface (), and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper (P).