Patent ID: 6182896
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B41J,G06K,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An information detection apparatus for recording media processing comprising:a data detector that detects information recorded on a recording medium while contacting the recording medium;a presser that presses the recording medium against said data detector;a presser moving mechanism that holds and sets said presser selectively to one of(1) a pressing position at which said presser presses the recording medium against said data detector to apply a load to the recording medium, and(2) an open position at which said presser does not press the recording medium against said data detector;a transportation mechanism that transports the recording medium in(1) a first direction in which the recording medium travels from said transportation mechanism toward said data detector,(2) and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;printing mechanism disposed between said data detector and said transportation mechanism that prints on the recording medium; andwherein said presser is set(1) to the open position when the recording medium is transported in the first direction for printing by said printing mechanism, and(2) to the pressing position at least while the recording medium is transported in the second direction and the information recorded on the recording medium is detected by said data detector so that tension caused by the load applied by said presser is applied to the recording medium.