Printing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTsuneyuki SASAKI
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Abstract
A printing device is provided that suppresses occurrence of a transport failure of a medium at a guide unit that guides the medium on which printing has been performed, regardless of a type of the medium. The printing device includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium M in a transport direction Y, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium M transported by the transport unit, a guide unit 33 including a guide surface 35 that guides the medium M on which printing has been performed, and a vibration unit 34 configured to vibrate the guide surface 35. The guide surface 35 is formed to be increasingly directed vertically downward while advancing in the transport direction Y.
Claims20
A printing device comprising:
- a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction;
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium transported by the transport unit;
- a guide unit including a guide surface that guides the medium on which printing has been performed;
- and
- a vibration unit configured to cause the guide surface to vibrate, wherein
- the guide surface is formed to be increasingly directed vertically downward while advancing in the transport direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.