Printing apparatus and pressing unit retaining method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNorihiro Yamashita, Nobuhiko Hamada
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium, a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit, a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit, and a retainer configured to retain the pressing unit that is removed from the supporting unit. The retainer has a first portion on which the pressing unit is placed, and a second portion positioned closer to a leading end of the retainer than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction.
Claims8
An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium;
- a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit;
- a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit;
- and
- a retainer configured to retain the pressing unit that is detached from the supporting unit, wherein the retainer has:
- a first portion on which the pressing unit is to be hung;
- and
- a second portion positioned closer to a leading end side of the retainer than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction, the leading end side being an opposite side to a side of which the retainer is to be coupled to a portion of the inkjet printing apparatus.
A pressing unit retaining method for an inkjet printing apparatus including
- a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium,
- a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit,
- a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit, and
- a retainer having a first portion, and a second portion positioned closer to a leading end side than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction, the leading end side being an opposite side to a side of which the retainer is to be coupled to a portion of the inkjet printing apparatus,
- the pressing unit retaining method comprising:
- hanging the pressing unit on the first portion, the pressing unit being detached from the supporting unit, to retain the pressing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.