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US 2008/0174635 A1Published application
Printing apparatus, recording medium drive apparatus, and printing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Matsui, Yuichiro Ikemoto
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Abstract
A printing apparatus is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a print head and a print head rotating mechanism. The print head has a discharge portion which discharges printing ink. The print head rotating mechanism causes the print head to rotate in a state where a print target surface of a recording medium having the print target surface and the discharge portion face each other.
Claims9
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a print head having a discharge portion which discharges printing ink;
- and
- a print head rotating mechanism rotating the print head in a state where a print target surface of a recording medium having the print target surface and the discharge portion face each other.
A recording medium drive apparatus, comprising:
- a rotation drive mechanism holding and rotating a recording medium having a print target surface;
- a print head having a discharge portion which discharges printing ink;
- and
- a print head rotating mechanism rotating the print head in a state where the print target surface of the recording medium and the discharge portion face each other.
1 more element
A printing method, comprising:
- causing a print target surface of a recording medium having the print target surface and a discharge portion of a print head having the discharge portion which discharges printing ink to face each other;
- and
- rotating the print head in a state where the print target surface and the discharge portion face each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.