Transport program, transport control device, medium transport device, and printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902177-B2
Application number	US-201615004177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 27, 2015
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A control device which controls transportation of a continuous paper receives an operation signal according to an operation amount by which a terminal is operated and generates a drive command which controls a transport speed of the continuous paper based on the operation signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport device, comprising:
a transport section that transports a continuous medium; and
a controller that controls the transport section;
wherein the controller controls a transport amount and a transport direction of the continuous medium based on a slide amount and a slide direction of an operation section,
wherein the controller controls a transport speed of the continuous medium which speed is calculated based on the slide amount, and
wherein the controller controls the transport direction of the continuous medium from a first direction to a second direction when the controller detects that the transport speed is zero and the slide direction is in the second direction.

2. The transport device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a transport speed of the continuous medium reaches an upper limit speed, the transport speed is set to the upper limit speed regardless of an operation indicating that the transport speed of the continuous medium is to be increased.

3. The transport device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to switch between a continued feed mode which continues transportation of the continuous medium after starting the transportation of the continuous medium based on operation of the operation section, and an intermittent feed mode which transports the continuous medium by only the transport amount according to the slide amount.

4. The transport device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a winding shaft that winds the continuous medium on which printing is performed,
wherein the transport section transports the continuous medium wound on the winding shaft to unwind the continuous medium.

5. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a transport device according to claim 1 ; and
a printing section that performs printing on the continuous medium which is transported by the transport section.

6. The transport device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transport section transports the continuous medium in accordance with a slide operation of an image, which is printed onto the continuous medium and displayed on the operation section.

7. A transport device, comprising:
a transport section that transports a continuous medium; and
a controller that controls the transport section;
wherein the controller controls a transport amount and a transport direction of the continuous medium based on a slide amount and a slide direction of an operation section; and
wherein the transport section transports the continuous medium in accordance with a slide operation of an image, which is printed onto the continuous medium and displayed on the operation section.

8. The transport device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the controller receives positional information of a marker from the operation section based on an operation of applying the marker to the image, which is printed onto the continuous medium and displayed on the operation section,
wherein the controller controls the transport of the continuous medium to the same position as the marker in the image based on the positional information of the marker.

9. A transport device, comprising:
a transport section that transports a medium based on a transport direction and a transport parameter based on a slide on a touch panel; and
a controller that controls the transport section,
wherein the controller controls the transport direction of a continuous medium from a first direction to a second direction when the controller detects that the transport speed is zero and the slide direction is in the second direction.

10. The transport device according to claim 9 , wherein the transport parameter is a transport amount, which the transport amount is calculated based on an slide amount on the touch panel.

11. The transport device according to claim 9 , wherein the transport parameter is a transport speed, which the transport speed is calculated based on an slide amount on the touch panel.

12. The transport device according to claim 9 , wherein the transport section is configured to switch between a continued feed mode which continues transportation of the continuous medium after starting the transportation of the medium based on operation of the operation section, and an intermittent feed mode which transports the medium by only a transport amount according to the slide amount.

13. The transport device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the transport section transports the medium in accordance with a slide operation of an image, which is printed onto the medium and displayed on the touch panel.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Mukaiyama Kiyoshi
• Tsuji Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B65H2551/11

  Sliding or rotating members · CPC title

• B41J11/425

  for a variable printing material feed amount · CPC title

• B41J11/36

  Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller · CPC title

• B65H2551/10

  Command input means · CPC title

• B41J11/38

  Manually-operated feeding devices · CPC title