A sheet housing apparatus including a housing unit, which houses a sheet to be discharged from a discharging opening of a printer, and a pair of housing-side feet disposed on both sides, in a width direction, of the sheet housing apparatus. The sheet housing apparatus can be combined with the printer. The printer includes a pair of body-side feet disposed on both sides, in the width direction, of the printer. In a state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, the body-side feet and the housing-side feet are arranged not to overlap with each other in the width direction.

Provided is a recording device including a conveying portion configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a recording unit configured to record on the medium conveyed in the conveying direction, a guiding portion disposed further downstream in the conveying direction than the recording portion and configured to change the conveying direction while guiding conveyance of the medium, a winding portion disposed further downstream in the conveying direction than the guiding portion and configured to wind the medium, and a heating portion configured to heat the medium disposed between the recording portion and the winding portion in the conveying direction, heat the guiding portion, and heat the winding portion.

A medium transport apparatus includes a transport roller configured to transport a medium and a roller support portion configured to support the transport roller. The roller support portion includes a support member contacting an outer circumferential surface of the transport roller at two positions thereof in a circumferential direction to support the transport roller, a base member defining a position of the support member, and an intermediary member mediating the support member and the base member. The intermediary member is configured to cause separation between the support member and the base member without moving the support member and the base member.

There is provided a printing apparatus that is capable of reducing an occurrence of transport disorder of a medium when transporting the medium unwound from an unwinding unit that holds a roll body.

The printing apparatus performs printing on the medium unwound from the roll body having the medium wound into a cylindrical shape, the printing apparatus including: an unwinding unit 40 that rotatably holds the roll body and unwinds the medium by rotating the roll body; a transport unit that transports the medium unwound from the unwinding unit 40; and a printing unit that performs printing on the medium transported by the transport unit. The unwinding unit 40 includes a first rotary body 441 that is integrally rotatable with the roll body by engaging with a first end of the roll body, a second rotary body 451 that is integrally rotatable with the roll body by engaging with a second end of the roll body, a first motor 442 that rotatably drives the first rotary body 441, and a second motor 452 that rotatably drives the second rotary body 451.

A recording device includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a plurality of transport speed modes; a driving unit configured to drive the transport unit with a plurality of speed profiles, each corresponding to one of the plurality of transport speed modes; a current sensor configured to measure a reference current the driving unit, the reference current being a current flowing in the driving unit when the medium is transported in a loosened state; and a control configured to acquire a plurality of current profiles, each corresponding to one of the speed profiles, based on the reference current. The control unit is configured to acquire a first current profile based on the reference current when the medium is transported in a first transport speed mode, and to generate a second current profile based on the first current profile.

An example media handling system includes a web media holder with a core hub capable of coupling to a core of a web media roll, a sensor to take a measurement at the circumferential surface of the web media roll, and a controller to determine a length of the web media roll. In that example, the controller may determine the length of the web media roll based on a first distance measurable by the sensor when the core hub is in a first orientation, a second distance measureable by the sensor when the core hub is in a second orientation after a number of rotations with respect to the first orientation of the core hub, and reference value corresponding to the core.

A printing apparatus including a transport guiding portion with high manufacturing yield, is provided. A printing apparatus includes a printing portion which is able to print on a medium, a transport portion which transports the medium, and a transport guiding portion on which a transport surface on which the medium is transported is formed and which has a plurality of bent portions, in which the transport guiding portion is provided with a first guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction upstream side of the medium and a second guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction downstream side of the medium.

A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit that prints on a printing surface of the medium, and a removal unit that is provided on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the transport unit and is provided so as to come into contact with the printing surface.

A media diversion apparatus for a printing system is described. In an example implementation, the apparatus comprises a media diverter to route media printed by a print assembly of a printing system. The media diverter, in a first position, is to route cut-sheet media from the print assembly to a first output region. The media diverter, in a second position, is to route roll media from the print assembly to a second output region.

A transport device includes a transport roller configured to transport a roll paper, a winding unit configured to wind the roll paper transported, a tension applying unit configured to apply tension to the medium between the transport roller and the winding unit, and a control unit configured to control the tension applying unit. The control unit is configured to control the tension applying unit to maintain a state where the tension is released, at least during an acceleration period of rotation of the transport roller within a period in which the transport roller applies a transporting force to the roll paper.