Recording apparatus and drying method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTsuneyuki SASAKI
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a medium support section that supports a recording medium; and an electromagnetic wave irradiation section that dries ink present on the recording medium by irradiating electromagnetic waves to the recording medium on the medium support section, in which the medium support section has a first region including an irradiation region of the electromagnetic wave irradiation section and a second region provided adjacent to the first region, having thermal conductivity lower than that of the first region, and including a non-irradiating region of the electromagnetic wave irradiation section, and is provided with an opening section through which vapor evaporated from the ink passes.
Claims9
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a medium support section that supports a recording medium;
- and
- an electromagnetic wave irradiation section that dries ink present on the recording medium by irradiating electromagnetic waves to the recording medium on the medium support section,
- wherein the medium support section has a first region including an irradiation region of the electromagnetic wave irradiation section and a second region provided adjacent to the first region, having thermal conductivity lower than that of the first region, and including a non-irradiating region of the electromagnetic wave irradiation section, and is provided with an opening section through which vapor evaporated from the ink passes.
A drying method comprising:
- drying ink by performing electromagnetic wave irradiation on the ink present on a recording medium,
- wherein the drying is performed on a medium support section which has a first region including an electromagnetic wave irradiation region, and a second region provided adjacent to the first region, having thermal conductivity lower than that of the first region, and including an electromagnetic wave non-irradiating region and which is provided with an opening section through which vapor evaporated from the ink by the electromagnetic wave irradiation passes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.