US 12,103,806 B2
Post-processing device, printing system, and controlling method of post-processing device
Kenji Uchibori, Shiojiri (JP); Masaki Miyazawa, Matsumoto (JP); and Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,552.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-014032 (JP), filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249938 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/20 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 43/00 (2013.01) [B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B65H 29/001 (2013.01); B65H 29/20 (2013.01); B65H 2515/40 (2013.01); B65H 2515/805 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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8. A control method of a post-processing device including:
a loading unit on which a sheet to be fed is loaded;
a first transport unit, as a large paddle, configured to apply, to the sheet loaded on the loading unit, a transport force toward an alignment unit;
a second transport unit, as a small paddle, located between the first transport unit and the alignment unit, and configured to apply, to the sheet, a transport force toward the alignment unit;
a control unit configured to control rotation operation of the second transport unit; and
a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing on the sheet transported to the alignment unit and execute a plurality of types of post-processing,
the method comprising switching a rotation number of the second transport unit in accordance with the type of the post-processing.