Printer, cloth holder, holder with cloth, and cloth printing system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazuyoshi MATSUMOTO, Kenji Hiratani, Yoshinori Uchino, Tsuyoshi Miyata, Daisuke Nakamura, Ryoh Idehara
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Abstract
A printer includes a body, a cloth holder to hold a cloth thereon, a receiver to hold and move back and forth while holding the cloth holder partially within the body of the printer, and a printing unit to print an image on the cloth held by the cloth holder held on the receiver. The cloth holder is detachably attached to the receiver while holding the cloth thereon.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a body;
- a cloth holder to hold a cloth on the cloth holder;
- a receiver to receive and hold the cloth holder, the receiver movable back and forth while holding the cloth holder partially within the body of the printer;
- and
- a printing unit to print an image on the cloth held by the cloth holder held on the receiver,
- the cloth holder detachably attachable to the receiver while holding the cloth on the cloth holder.
A cloth holder held by a receiver installed in a printer including a printing unit to reciprocate in a prescribed direction to and from the printing unit, the cloth holder comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a platen mounted on the base to hold a cloth to be printed by the printing unit with an image,
- wherein the cloth holder is detachably attachable to the receiver in the prescribed direction while holding the cloth on the platen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.