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US 11,235,594 B2Granted
Intermediate unit, post processing device, and printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
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Abstract
An intermediate unit includes a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The drying unit is driven according to the printing data.
Claims10
An intermediate unit comprising:
- a transportation path that transports a medium to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium, the medium being printed by a printing unit that prints on the medium by using liquid;
- wherein the transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium,
- wherein the transportation path is provided with a plurality of inversion paths in each of which the medium is configured to be inverted upside down,
- wherein the drying unit is provided in an inversion path of the inversion paths, and
- wherein the drying unit is driven according to the printing data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.