Patent ID: 8328318
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing method, comprising: driving a first motor for rotating a roll body around which a printing medium is wound; intermittently driving a second motor for driving a transport driving roller that transports the printing medium; intermittently ejecting ink using a print head onto the printing medium alternately with the driving of the second motor; and stopping the first motor from driving for at least a part of the period in which the driving of the second motor is stopped, wherein tension applied to the printing medium is constant during at least a part of a period in which the second motor is driven, wherein the tension is designated according to a type of the printing medium, wherein the driving of the first motor is started simultaneously with start of the driving of the second motor, when the tension is, increased by driving the first motor for applying the designated tension to the printing medium.