Patent ID: 9162489
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a recording medium; a feeding motor configured to drive said feeder; a printing head configured to form desired print by heating elements on said recording medium fed by said feeder and form a recording medium with print; a take-up body configured to sequentially take up said recording medium with print on an outer circumference and produce a roll-shaped printed matter; a take-up motor configured to drive said take-up body; a housing comprising said feeder, said feeding motor, said printing head, said take-up body, and said take-up motor in its interior; a visual confirmation window that is provided on said housing and is for visually confirming said recording medium with print taken up by said take-up body disposed in an interior of said housing from an exterior of said housing; a first coordination control portion configured to control said feeding motor, said take-up motor, and said heating elements in coordination so as to form a predetermined test pattern on said recording medium prior to starting production of said printed matter; and a second coordination control portion configured to control said feeding motor and said take-up motor in coordination so that, after formation of said test pattern on said recording medium by the control of said first coordination control portion, said test pattern formed on said recording medium arrives and stops near said visual confirmation window.