US 11,794,496 B2
Recording device and control method for recording device
Keiichi Yato, Matsumoto (JP); Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Matsumoto (JP); and Hitoshi Igarashi, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,769.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-010086 (JP), filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234371 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 11/66 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/663 (2013.01) [B41J 11/70 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device, comprising:
a transport unit configured to transport two long media in parallel;
a recording unit configured to perform recording on the two long media transported in parallel;
a cutting unit disposed downstream the recording unit in a transport direction of the long medium, configured to move in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, and configured to cut the two long media; and
a control unit configured to control the transport unit, the recording unit, and the cutting unit, wherein
the cutting unit is configured to cut the long medium in both a forward path and a return path of the movement in the width direction,
the control unit is configured to set a standby position of the cutting unit to a position between the two long media, and
the cutting unit includes:
a main body portion provided movably in the width direction,
a first cutting blade provided on one side with respect to a center in the width direction of the main body portion and configured to cut the long medium in the width direction, and
a second cutting blade provided on another side with respect to the center in the width direction of the main body portion and configured to cut the long medium in the width direction.