Printing apparatus and pressing unit retaining method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNorihiro YAMASHITA, Nobuhiko HAMADA
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium, a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit, a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit, and a retainer configured to retain the pressing unit that is removed from the supporting unit. The retainer has a first portion on which the pressing unit is placed, and a second portion positioned closer to a leading end of the retainer than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction.
Claims8
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium;
- a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit;
- a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit;
- and
- a retainer configured to retain the pressing unit that is detached from the supporting unit,
- wherein the retainer has:
- a first portion on which the pressing unit is to be placed;
- and
- a second portion positioned closer to a leading end of the retainer than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction.
A pressing unit retaining method for a printing apparatus including
- a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a medium,
- a supporting unit configured to support the medium to be printed by the printing unit,
- a pressing unit configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the supporting unit and to be attached to the supporting unit to press the medium supported by the supporting unit, and
- a retainer having a first portion, and a second portion positioned closer to a leading end than the first portion and above the first portion in a vertical direction,
- the pressing unit retaining method comprising:
- placing the pressing unit on the first portion, the pressing unit being detached from the supporting unit, to retain the pressing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.