Heating apparatus, medium processing apparatus, and medium processing method

A heating apparatus disposed to face a support surface, the support surface being configured to support the medium, and positioned downstream than the recording unit in a transporting direction in which a medium to which a liquid impinged by the recording unit is transported, the heating apparatus comprising:

• a heating unit configured to heat the medium supported by the support surface;
• a flow channel including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and outlet opening toward the support surface;
• and
• a blower disposed in the flow channel and configured to allow a gas entering via the inlet to be blown out from the outlet, wherein
• the inlet opens to allow at least some of the gas blown out from the outlet to enter and circulate,
• the outlet is nearer to the recording unit than the inlet is, and
• a blowing direction of the outlet goes toward at least an inlet side on which the inlet is located in a direction along the support surface.

A medium processing method configured to dry, in a medium processing apparatus including a flow channel disposed away from an inclined surface, the medium supported by the inclined surface, the method comprising:

• heating a gas;
• causing the heated gas to flow from a vertical upside to a vertical downside along the inclined surface;
• causing the flowing gas to enter into the flow channel;
• and
• causing the gas to circulate.