Patent ID: 11951735
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A method for controlling a printing device, the printing device comprising a printing unit printing on a recording paper, a feeder unit having a roller that rotates about a shaft and feeds the recording paper and a motor that rotates the shaft, a detection unit detecting the rotation of the shaft, and a control unit controlling the printing unit, the method comprising:
calculating an electrifying time during which the printing unit is electrified and a non-electrifying time during which the printing unit is not electrified following the electrifying time, based on a detection signal from the detection unit; and
when the calculated non-electrifying time is less than a predetermined time, correcting the non-electrifying time in such a way that the non-electrifying time becomes equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and causing the printing unit to print.