Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSeiji Ihara
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Abstract
The printing apparatus includes a support part (platen) configured to support a recording medium (roll sheet), a printing part (printing unit) configured to form an image by discharging ink to a roll sheet supported on a platen while reciprocating in a main scanning direction, and a drying acceleration part configured to accelerate drying of the ink discharged by the printing unit and applied on the roll sheet in a state where the roll sheet is supported on the platen, in which a drying capacity of the drying acceleration part is higher in an end region of the platen than in a central region of the platen in a reciprocation direction of the printing unit.
Claims6
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a support part configured to support a recording medium;
- a printing part configured to form an image by discharging ink to the recording medium supported by the support part while reciprocating in a main scanning direction that is perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium;
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- a drying acceleration part configured to accelerate drying of the ink discharged by the printing part and applied on the recording medium in a state where the recording medium is supported by the support part, wherein
- a drying capacity of the drying acceleration part is set such that the drying capacity is higher in an end region of the support part than in a central region of the support part, and the end region is in the main scanning direction that is perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.