Printing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsRyo Nishikawa, Keita Hanawa
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Abstract
The printing device includes a head 36 that prints on a medium, a medium support section that has a support surface to support the medium, a head movement section 40 that mounts the head 36 and moves in the front-rear direction Y while straddling the medium support section in the width direction, a control section that controls the head 36, and a connection cable 55 that connects the head 36 and the control section, wherein, the connection cable 55 is located in the region where the head 36 can move in the front-back direction Y and in the space lower than the head 36 in the lower direction Z2.
Claims4
A printing device comprising:
- a head configured to print on a medium;
- a medium support surface that supports the medium;
- a head movement system on which the head is mounted and that moves in a second direction while straddling the medium support surface in a first direction;
- a control circuit that controls the head;
- a connection cable that connects the head and the control circuit, wherein
- the connection cable is disposed in a region in which the head is movable in the second direction and in a space lower than the head;
- an intermediate fixing support that fixes the connection cable at an intermediate portion of a connection path from the control circuit to the head, and
- a cable support section that is L-shaped when viewed in the first direction and supports the connection cable from the control circuit to the intermediate fixing support, wherein
- at least a portion of the connection cable from the intermediate fixing support to the head is located in the space defined by the head and the cable support section when viewed in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.