# US 2021/0276352 A1 · Recording apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0276352 A1 - Document ID: US20210276352A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/189,668 - Filed: 2021-03-02 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-05 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE; Nobuhisa NOMOTO; Satoru ORII - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210276352A1 ## CPC - B41J 29/19: with reflectors or illuminating devices - B41J 29/13: Cases or covers - B65H 31/20: adjustable for different article sizes - B41J 29/02: Framework - B65H 2701/1928: Printing plate - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A recording apparatus includes a recording section configured to perform recording onto a medium, a facing section facing a recording surface of a medium at a discharge position where the medium recorded by the recording section is discharged, and a light emitter configured to emit light toward the recording surface. The facing section includes an optical member disposed at a position where the light emitted by the light emitter enters, the optical member being configured to pass the incident light toward at least the recording surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A recording apparatus comprising: a recording section configured to perform recording onto a medium; a facing section facing a recording surface of a medium at a discharge areas where the medium recorded by the recording section is discharged; and a light emitter configured to emit light toward the recording surface, wherein the facing section includes an optical member disposed at a position where the light emitted by the light emitter enters, the optical member being configured to pass the incident light toward at least the recording surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an irradiation area on the recording surface irradiated by the optical member has a width that covers the entire recording surface of a first-size medium in a medium width direction that is a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the medium is transported. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical member has an optically transparent ground-glass surface that is disposed to face the recording surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical member contains a light-diffusing agent and has optical transparency. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a space between the recording surface and the optical member in the direction orthogonal to the recording surface is 30 mm or less. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a pair of reflective sheets disposed on both sides of an optical path of the light emitted by the light emitter toward the optical member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The recording apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a shading sheet disposed between the reflective sheet of the pair of reflective sheets on a side close to a wall of a front of the apparatus and the wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light emitter lights up at least from a time when a leading edge of the medium reaches a position where the leading edge faces the facing section to a time when a trailing edge of the medium passes through a position where the trailing edge faces the facing section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to be switched between a first recording mode for performing recording at a first recording quality level to the medium and a second recording mode for performing recording at a level higher than the first recording quality level to the medium, and the light emitter emits no light in the first recording mode and emits light in the second recording mode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a tray on which a medium is to be set, the tray being configured to be inserted upstream in a medium transport path from an apparatus front; and a detector configured to detect insertion of the tray to a position at which the tray is transported, wherein when the detector detects insertion of the tray to the position at which the tray is transported, the lighting state of the light emitter changes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a medium receiving tray configured to be switched by the power of a motor to a retracted state in which the medium receiving tray is retracted in an apparatus body including the recording section or to an extended state in which the medium receiving tray is extended to the maximum from the apparatus body, and configured to receive the medium discharged to the outside of the apparatus body in the extended state or while the medium receiving tray is extended from the apparatus body from the retracted state to the extended state, wherein when the medium receiving tray is moved from the retracted state to the extended state, the light emitter emits light.