US-20260124843-A1 - RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD

Abstract

The recording device 1 includes a feeding section 3 that feeds, in a transport direction F, a roll-shaped medium 2 , which is formed by attaching a fabric 9 to a support member 8 having an adhesive surface 7 , a recording section 4 that performs recording on the medium 2 , a pressing section 5 that is located upstream of the recording section 4 in the transport direction F and that nips and presses the medium 2 , and an adjustment section 6 that can adjust a pressing force P applied to the medium 2 by the pressing section 5 .

Inventors

• Naohiro Ueyama
• Ryuichi Sato
• Yohei NUNOKAWA

Assignees

• SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20251103

Priority Date

20241105

Claims (9)

1. 1 . A recording device comprising: feeding section configured to feed a roll-shaped medium in a transport direction, the roll-shaped medium being formed by attaching a fabric to a support member having an adhesive surface; recording section configured to perform recording on the medium; pressing section that is positioned upstream of the recording section in the transport direction and that is configured to nip and press the medium moving in the transport direction; and an adjustment section configured to adjust pressing force applied to the medium by the pressing section.
2. 2 . The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing section includes a drive roller that is coupled to a drive section and that is applied with rotational drive force and a pressing roller that is driven to rotate in accordance with rotation of the drive roller and the adjustment section includes a spring connected to the pressing roller and a cam configured to adjust length of the spring.
3. 3 . The recording device according to claim 2 , wherein an elastic member is provided on a surface of the pressing roller.
4. 4 . The recording device according to claim 2 , wherein the pressing roller includes a group of a plurality of first pressing rollers divided in a width direction that intersects the transport direction of the medium and a group of second pressing rollers that are disposed downstream of the group of first pressing rollers in the transport direction and that are also disposed so as to fill gaps between the first pressing rollers in the width direction and the spring and the cam are connected to each of the group of first pressing rollers and the group of second pressing rollers.
5. 5 . The recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a transport roller that is disposed downstream of the pressing section in the transport direction and that transports the medium, wherein the pressing section includes a drive roller that is coupled to a drive section and that is applied with rotational drive force and a pressing roller that is driven to rotate by following movement of the medium nipped by a pair of rollers that include the pressing roller and the drive roller and the adjustment section adjusts pressing force by rotating the drive roller in a reverse transport direction, which is a direction opposite to the transport direction.
6. 6 . The recording device according to claim 5 , wherein an elastic member is provided on a surface of the drive roller and a low friction material is provided on a surface of the elastic member.
7. 7 . The recording device according to claim 5 , wherein rotation speed of the drive roller is higher than rotation speed of the transport roller.
8. 8 . The recording device according to claim 5 , wherein a diameter of the drive roller is larger than a diameter of the transport roller.
9. 9 . A recording method comprising: feeding a roll-shaped medium in a transport direction, the roll-shaped medium including a fabric attached to a support member having an adhesive surface; nipping and pressing, by a pressing section, the medium being fed; adjusting a pressing force applied to the medium by the pressing section according to a type of the medium; and recording on the medium by a recording section at a position downstream of the pressing section in the transport direction.

Description

The present application is based on, and claims priority from JP Application Serial Number 2024-193833, filed November 5, 2024, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a recording device such as a printer and a recording method. 2. Related Art An example of a related art device of this kind is described in JP-A-2013-6315. When printing is directly performed on fabric, expansion and contraction are likely to occur, and the fabric is likely to be deformed. As a means for suppressing the expansion and contraction, there is a method of printing by attaching a fabric to an adhesive sheet. However, when the user himself or herself performs the operation of attaching the fabric to the adhesive sheet, the pressing force for attachment varies depending on the user, and it is difficult to always obtain a specified attaching force. JP-A-2013-6315 discloses an image forming apparatus including an attaching section that attaches a printing substrate (film) fed from a roll to an adhesive surface of a supporting substrate (film) fed from a roll-shaped feeding roll to form a composite substrate. The specified attaching force varies depending on the affinity between the adhesive of the adhesive surface and the fabric. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the pressing force by the attaching section according to the type of adhesive and the type of fabric. However, JP-A-2013-6315 does not consider the adjustment of the pressing force at all. When the fabric is pressed with a force smaller than the specified attaching force, the fabric peels off from the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet when the fabric passes through a bent path or a section of a transport roller, or when printing is performed by ejecting ink to the fabric, and printing fails. When the fabric is pressed with a force larger than the specified attaching force, the fabric is subjected to a load more than necessary when the fabric is peeled off from the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, and the fabric may be damaged. SUMMARY In order to solve the above-described problem, a recording device according to the present disclosure includes a feeding section configured to feed a roll-shaped medium in a transport direction, the roll-shaped medium being formed by attaching a fabric to a support member having an adhesive surface; a recording section configured to perform recording on the medium; a pressing section that is positioned upstream of the recording section in the transport direction and that is configured to nip and press the medium; and an adjustment section configured to adjust pressing force applied to the medium by the pressing section. A recording method according to the present disclosure includes feeding a roll-shaped medium in a transport direction, the roll-shaped medium including a fabric attached to a support member having an adhesive surface; nipping and pressing, by a pressing section, the medium being fed; adjusting a pressing force applied to the medium by the pressing section according to a type of the medium; and recording on the medium by a recording section at a position downstream of the pressing section in the transport direction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a schematic configuration of a recording device of a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic side view of a main section of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main section of the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic side view of a main section of a second embodiment. FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic side view of a main section of a second embodiment. FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic side view of a main section of a second embodiment. FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic plan view of a main section of a second embodiment. FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic side view of a main section of a third embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS The present disclosure will be first schematically described below. In order to solve the above-described problem, a recording device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a feeding section configured to feed a roll-shaped medium in a transport direction, the roll-shaped medium being formed by attaching a fabric to a support member having an adhesive surface; a recording section configured to perform recording on the medium; a pressing section that is positioned upstream of the recording section in the transport direction and that is configured to nip and press the medium; and an adjustment section configured to adjust pressing force applied to the medium by the pressing section. According to the present aspect, the pressing section is positioned upstream of the recording section in the transport direction, and the pressing section nips and presses the medium. Further, an adjustment section is provided that adjusts pressing force applied to the m