Medium pressing member and printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShu TSUCHIYA
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a medium pressing member including medium holding units configured to press an end portion of a medium conveyed in a conveyance direction along a support surface of a medium support unit to sandwich, with the support surface, the end portion of the medium in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction and a main body unit configured to support the medium holding units and capable of engaging with the medium support unit. The medium holding units or the main body unit includes light passing sections, and irradiation light that is emitted from an optical sensor that performs scanning in the intersection direction and is for detecting a detection object on the support surface passes the light passing sections.
Claims15
A medium pressing member comprising:
- a medium holding unit configured to press an end portion of a medium conveyed in a conveyance direction along a support surface of a medium support unit to sandwich, with the support surface, the end portion of the medium in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction;
- and
- a main body unit configured to support the medium holding unit and capable of engaging with the medium support unit, wherein
- the medium holding unit or the main body unit includes a light passing section, and
- irradiation light that is emitted from an optical sensor that performs scanning in the intersection direction and is for detecting a detection object on the support surface passes the light passing section.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a medium support unit configured to support, on a support surface, a medium conveyed in a conveyance direction;
- a head configured to discharge liquid onto the medium supported on the support surface;
- a head carriage configured to move the head in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction;
- an optical sensor mounted on the head carriage and performs scanning in the intersection direction to detect a detection object on the support surface;
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- a medium pressing member including a medium holding unit configured to press an end portion of the medium in the intersection direction to sandwich the end portion with the support surface and a main body unit configured to support the medium holding unit and capable of engaging with the medium support unit, wherein
- the medium holding unit or the main body unit includes a light passing section configured to allow irradiation light of the optical sensor to pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.