Patent ID: 8021063
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a plurality of first transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting a direction of transportation of print media, the first transporting belts transporting a print medium while electrostatically attracting the print medium; a plurality of second transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media, the second transporting belts further transporting the print medium such that the print medium is separated from the first transporting belts, at the downstream part of the first transporting belts in the direction of transportation of print media; and a print head that prints on the print medium transported by the first transporting belts and the second transporting belts; wherein a first position of separation at which the print medium is separated from a first belt of the plurality of first transporting belts is different in the direction of transportation of the print media than a second position of separation at which the print medium is separated from a second belt of the plurality of first transporting belts, wherein the first transporting belts and the second transporting belts are alternatively disposed next to each other and overlap with different lengths in the direction of transportation of the print media between adjoined belts.