Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazunori Takabayashi
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a medium support unit having a support surface that supports at least a printing region of a medium, a medium accommodation unit configured to store a region of the medium that is not supported by the support surface, a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface, and a head moving unit configured to move the head. The medium support unit is configured not to move in a direction parallel to the support surface, and the head moving unit moves the head in a direction parallel to the support surface.
Claims20
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a medium support unit having a support surface supporting at least a printing region of a medium;
- a medium accommodation unit configured to accommodate a region, of the medium, not supported by the support surface;
- a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface;
- and
- a head moving unit configured to move the head, wherein
- the head moving unit moves the head in a first direction parallel to the support surface, and
- the medium support unit is configured not to move in a second direction parallel to the support surface and intersecting the first direction.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a medium support unit having a support surface supporting at least a printing region of a medium;
- a medium accommodation unit configured to accommodate a region, of the medium, not supported by the support surface;
- a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface;
- and
- a head moving unit configured to move the head, wherein
- the medium support unit is configured not to move in a direction parallel to the support surface,
- the head moving unit moves the head in a direction parallel to the support surface,
- the head moving unit includes a first head moving unit and a second head moving unit,
- the first head moving unit moves the head in a first direction parallel to the support surface, and
- the second head moving unit moves the head in a second direction parallel to the support surface and intersecting the first direction.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a medium support unit having a support surface supporting at least a printing region of a medium;
- a medium accommodation unit configured to accommodate a region, of the medium, not supported by the support surface;
- a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface;
- a head moving unit configured to move the head:
- a flushing portion configured to receive the liquid ejected from the head;
- and
- a waste liquid tank configured to store the liquid received by the flushing portion, wherein
- the medium support unit is configured not to move in a direction parallel to the support surface,
- the head moving unit moves the head in a direction parallel to the support surface,
- the flushing portion is disposed at a position not overlapping the medium support unit in an intersecting direction intersecting the support surface, and
- the waste liquid tank is disposed at a position overlapping the flushing portion in the intersecting direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.