Recording device and workpeice-advancing/retracting method for recording device

摘要

A recording device includes a workpiece stage that holds by suction a recording region of an elongated workpiece fed in a first feed direction, a recording unit that carries out recording in the recording region, a workpiece-holding unit arranged on a downstream side of the workpiece stage in the feed direction, and immovably holds or releases a part of the workpiece, an advancing/retracting unit that causes the workpiece stage and the workpiece-holding unit to travel relatively apart in an extension direction of the workpiece, and a control unit that controls the individual configurations. The control unit performs a recording operation, a holding operation for immovably holding part of the workpiece, and an advancing/retracting operation for retracting from the workpiece stage the recording region where recording has been completed and advancing onto the workpiece stage the recording region where recording has yet to occur.

主权项

1. A recording device comprising:
a workpiece stage configured and arranged to hold by suction a recording region, the workpiece stage being movable between a first position and a second position, the second position being located downstream of the first position in a first feed direction; a recording unit configured and arranged to carry out recording in the recording region held onto the workpiece stage by suction; a workpiece-holding unit movable between a third position and a fourth position, the third position being located on a downstream side of a downstream end of the workpiece stage in the first feed direction while the workpiece stage is located in the second position, the fourth position being located on an upstream side of the downstream end of the workpiece stage in the first feed direction while the workpiece stage is located in the second position, the workpiece-holding unit being further configured and arranged to immovably hold or release a part of the workpiece; an advancing/retracting unit configured and arranged to cause the workpiece stage and the workpiece-holding unit to travel relatively apart in an extension direction of the workpiece; and a control unit configured to control the recording unit, the workpiece-holding unit, and the advancing/retracting unit, wherein the control unit performs
a recording operation to carry out recording in the recording region,a holding operation to immovably hold the part of the workpiece by the workpiece-holding unit that is located in the fourth position in a state in which the workpiece stage is located in the first position subsequent to the recording operation, andan advancing/retracting operation to cause the workpiece-holding unit to move from the fourth position to the third position in a state in which the workpiece stage is located in the first position subsequent to the holding operation so that the recording region where recording has been completed is retracted from the workpiece stage and the recording region where recording has yet to occur is advanced onto the workpiece stage.