PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A printer includes a media stacking section, a print section, a pickup roller, a relay roller, a common actuator, a transport mechanism section and a control section. The control section is configured to control the common actuator based on a print job and displacement of the printing media. The control section is configured to stop transferring of driving force of the common actuator from the pickup roller to an nth printing medium after the pickup roller draws out the nth printing medium and the relay roller starts to send out the nth printing medium which is drawn out in a case where a print job, where printing is carried out on n of the printing media with a length in a transport direction shorter than a transport distance of the printing media from the pickup roller to the print section, is processed in the continuous transport mode.

主权项

1. A printer comprising:
a media stacking section where printing media are stacked; a print section including a transport roller configured and arranged to transport the printing media and a print head configured and arranged to print on the printing media which are transported by the transport roller; a pickup roller configured and arranged to draw out the printing media from the media stacking section; a relay roller arranged at a position between the pickup roller and the transport roller, and configured and arranged to send out the printing media drawn out by the pickup roller to the print section; a common actuator configured and arranged to drive the pickup roller, the relay roller, and the transport roller; a transport mechanism section configured and arranged to transfer driving force of the common actuator to the printing media via the pickup roller, the relay roller, and the transport roller; and a control section configured to control the common actuator based on a print job and displacement of the printing media where, in a period of time when printing is being carried out on one of the printing media by the print section, other printing media are transported using the pickup roller and the relay roller in a continuous transport mode, the control section being configured to stop transferring of the driving force of the common actuator from the pickup roller to an nth printing medium after the pickup roller draws out the nth printing medium and the relay roller starts to send out the nth printing medium which is drawn out in a case where the print job, where printing is carried out on n of the printing media (where n is an integer of two or more) with a length in a transport direction shorter than a transport distance of the printing media from the pickup roller to the print section, is processed in the continuous transport mode.