PRINTER, TENSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF CONVEYANCE BELT IN THE PRINTER, AND ADJUSTMENT PATTERN PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM

• Main Author: YAMAGUCHI KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.05.2022
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a printer which suppresses recording deviation occurring when printing starts.SOLUTION: A printer includes: a conveying part which has a drive roller, a driven roller, and an endless conveyance belt, and conveys a recording medium supported by the conveyance belt in a conveyance direction by normal rotation of the drive roller; a print head which prints on the recording medium supported by the conveyance belt; and a control part which rotates the conveyance belt in a forward direction by which the recording medium is conveyed in the conveyance direction by normally rotating the drive roller when the recording medium is conveyed in the conveyance direction by the conveying part. The conveying part includes a brake part which can brake the driven roller. The control part makes the conveying part carry out tension adjustment processing for adjusting tension of the conveyance belt by normally rotating the drive roller in a state that the brake part brakes the driven roller before printing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】印刷開始時に発生する記録ずれを抑制する印刷装置を提供する。【解決手段】印刷装置は、駆動ローラーと、従動ローラーと、無端状の搬送ベルトとを含み、前記搬送ベルトに支持された記録媒体を前記駆動ローラーの前記正転により搬送方向へ搬送する搬送部と、前記搬送ベルトに支持された前記記録媒体に印刷を行う印刷ヘッドと、前記搬送部に前記記録媒体を前記搬送方向へ搬送させる時、前記駆動ローラーを正転させることにより、前記記録媒体が前記搬送方向へ搬送される順方向に前記搬送ベルトを回転させる制御部と、を備える。前記搬送部は、前記従動ローラーにブレーキをかけることが可能なブレーキ部を含む。前記制御部は、前記印刷の前に前記ブレーキ部で前記従動ローラーにブレーキをかけた状態で前記駆動ローラーを正転させることにより前記搬送ベルトのテンションを調整するテンション調整処理を前記搬送部に実施させる。【選択図】図５