发明授权
- 专利标题: Continuous medium printing apparatus
- 专利标题(中): 连续介质打印设备
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申请号: US09494143申请日: 2000-01-28
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公开(公告)号: US06175716B1公开(公告)日: 2001-01-16
- 发明人: Toshimasa Toyama , Kiyoshi Chinzei , Yasuharu Takeuchi , Katsuya Shimatsu , Makoto Maki , Naoto Hirao
- 申请人: Toshimasa Toyama , Kiyoshi Chinzei , Yasuharu Takeuchi , Katsuya Shimatsu , Makoto Maki , Naoto Hirao
- 优先权: JP11-033124 19990210
- 主分类号: G03G1500
- IPC分类号: G03G1500
摘要:
The invention provides a continuous medium printing apparatus which can exert a transporting force to act upon a continuous medium without additional provision of a new tractor mechanism or some other transport mechanism. In the continuous medium printing apparatus, upon automatic loading of a continuous medium, a control section controls a charging operation of a charging section so that a leading end portion of the continuous medium may be electrostatically attracted to an image forming drum. The image forming drum to which the continuous medium is attracted is rotated in a printing transporting direction to exert a transporting force to act upon the continuous medium to transport the continuous medium in the printing transporting direction. The present invention is applicable to an apparatus which prints on a continuous medium such as continuous recording paper (continuous paper), for example, by electrophotography.