Patent ID: 11873129
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing part configured to perform printing on a recording medium in which a label is attached to a backing sheet;
transport rollers configured to sandwich and transport the recording medium;
a peeling member configured to bend the recording medium to peel off the label from the backing sheet; and
a tensioner configured to apply a tension to the recording medium in a direction opposite to a transport direction of the recording medium by the transport rollers, wherein
the transport rollers are positioned downstream of the peeling member in the transport direction, and the tensioner is positioned upstream of the peeling member,
wherein the tensioner includes a support portion configured to support the recording medium, and a pressing portion which is contactable to and separable from the support portion, the support portion and the pressing portion being non-rotatable; and
the tensioner sandwiches the recording medium between the support portion and the pressing portion.