US 12,391,055 B2
Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus
Taichi Ikeya, Azumino (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,172.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-127862 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051315 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41F 17/13 (2009.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 20/24 (2006.01); B41F 13/02 (2006.01); B41F 33/16 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 15/042 (2013.01) [B41F 17/13 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 11/425 (2013.01); B41J 15/005 (2013.01); B65H 20/24 (2013.01); B41F 13/02 (2013.01); B41F 33/16 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to form an image on a print medium;
a feeding roller configured to feed the print medium toward the printing unit;
a feeding-side movable roller in a feeding-side buffer region positioned between the feeding roller and the printing unit, the feeding-side movable roller being configured to apply tension to the print medium;
a front drive roller that is positioned between the feeding-side buffer region and the printing unit and with which the print medium is intermittently transported; and
a control unit configured to control feeding by the feeding roller, wherein
control amounts controlled by the control unit include a feeding amount and a feeding speed of the feeding by the feeding roller and
the control unit is configured to execute and switch between a print mode and a continuous transport mode, controls the feeding amount of the feeding roller when the print mode is executed, and controls the feeding speed of the feeding roller when the continuous transport mode is executed.