Patent ID: 11932033
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing section that performs printing on a medium containing calcium carbonate;
a transport section including a plurality of transport rollers that rotationally drive a transport belt that forms at least a portion of a transport path in which the medium is transported;
a voltage supply section including a power supply device that supplies a charging voltage to a charging roller for charging the transport belt;
a detection section including a detection circuit that detects whether or not charging abnormality occurs in the transport belt; and
a determination section that determines whether abnormality occurs in the voltage supply section or the transport belt, or abnormality occurs in the voltage supply section and the transport belt, based on a rotation amount of the transport belt and a detection result of the detection section,
wherein the transport belt is coated with melamine resin.