Abstract
We have considered what kind of technology will be needed in the future in the field of apparatus that handle flexible sheet media. As for the technology that handles cut sheet, it is about to enter a transitional period, and the development of a new technology that can handle various media (unlike the conventional cut sheet) with high reliability is required. As for the technology that handles consecutive media (web), in order to apply Roll-to-Roll (R2R) process to printed electronics (PE), the technology that can transport and wind thin web on which electric circuits and sensors formed is required.
