Patent ID: 9238379
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A media conveyance device comprising: a conveyance mechanism that conveys continuous media delivered from a paper roll through a conveyance path; a drive motor that rotates the paper roll; a movable member disposed to the conveyance path between the paper roll and the conveyance mechanism, and movable between a first position and a second position different from the first position following change in the tension on the media; a urging member that urges the movable member from the second position toward the first position; a position detector that detects the current position of the movable member; and a control unit that drives the drive motor in a first operating mode and rewinds the media onto the paper roll until the movable member moves from the first position to a specific position toward the second position, and