Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a feeding roller that feeds a print medium; a feeding-side movable roller that applies tension to the print medium, in a feeding-side buffer region positioned between the feeding roller and the printing unit; a front drive roller that is positioned between the feeding-side buffer region and the printing unit and with which the print medium is intermittently transported; and a control unit that controls feeding by the feeding roller. Control amounts controlled by the control unit include a feeding amount and a feeding speed of the feeding by the feeding roller. The control unit is configured to execute and switch between a print mode and a continuous transport mode, controls the feeding amount of the feeding roller when the print mode is executed, and controls the feeding speed of the feeding roller when the continuous transport mode is executed.

Abstract: A decorative structure comprising a structural member, and a decorative member composed of a plurality of layers laminated on one another and including a reinforcing layer, wherein the structural member and the decorative member to each other are coupled together by means of a portion of the structural member and a portion of the decorative member, the portion of the structural member and the portion of the decorative member being held in engagement with each other, the portion of the reinforcing layer being at least in part formed by a portion of the reinforcing layer, such portions of the structural member and decorative member forming a groove and protrusion or mortise and tenon joint or being fastened together by a mechanical fastening element such as a screw, a bolt or a stud.

Abstract: In production of a decorative article from piece board of a decorative plywood, a decorative sheet for the decorative plywood is formed by heat pressing a powdery sheet on a material sheet in order to simplify coating process.