US 2015/0085015 A1 · PRINTING APPARATUS

Abstract

Air blown out from one blowing-out opening of a pinch roller which is within a predetermined angle range forms an air flow of a flow rate Fc which heads for a region between a suction mechanism and a print medium. This makes it possible to efficiently guide the air blown out from the blowing-out opening into the region, and as a result, ink mist can be collected satisfactorily even in a case where the amount of air blown from the pinch roller is relatively small. Further, in this case, the flow rate Fe of a flow blown from the pinch roller is appropriately determined, whereby the suction mechanism can collect substantially 100% of air and ink mist flowing into the region.

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Dependent claims

A printing apparatus using a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid to perform printing by ejecting liquid on a print medium which is relatively conveyed with respect to the liquid ejection head, the printing apparatus comprising:

a suction mechanism provided downstream of the liquid ejection head in a direction of the conveyance of the print medium;
and
a roller for conveying the print medium, the roller being provided downstream of the suction mechanism in the direction of the conveyance,
wherein the roller includes a blowing-out mechanism for blowing out gas in a direction of the suction mechanism.

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