Printing aid, assembly jig therefor, and recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Hayashi, Nobuaki Nagae, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, Noriyuki Komatsu
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Abstract
A printing aid includes a printing position-determining member 22 for determining a position of a material to be printed 30 on a printing position of a printer device, and a placement member for material to be printed 21 for placing the material to be printed at a portion corresponding to the printing position determined by the printing position-determining member. This makes it possible to print on various types of materials to be printed with the printer device.
Claims21
A printing aid, comprising:
- a printing position-determining member for determining a printing position of a non-flexible material relative to a recording device for printing on the non-flexible material;
- and
- a placement member for placing the non-flexible material to be printed at a location on the printing position-determining member corresponding to the printing position determined by the printing position-determining member;
- wherein the placement member includes a central area for accommodating the non-flexible material, a first ink-collecting area positioned in the approximate center of the central area and a second ink-collecting area positioned on the outer periphery of the central area.
An assembly jig for a printing aid, comprising:
- a storage section for storing a printing position-determining member, said storage section having a first opening for receiving the print position-determining member;
- a processing section for processing the printing position-determining member into a required size;
- and
- wherein said storage section includes a second opening for mounting a placement member for material to be printed having the material to be printed placed thereon at a predetermined position of the printing position-determining member.
A recording device, comprising:
- a recording device body;
- a feed section for pulling in an object to a printing position in the recording device body;
- and
- a discharge section for discharging the object from the recording device body;
- wherein the object is a printing aid having a printing position-determining member for determining a printing position of a non-flexible material relative to the recording device for printing on the non-flexible material;
- and
- a placement member for placing the non-flexible material to be printed at a location on the printing position-determining member corresponding to the printing position determined by the printing position-determining member;
- wherein the placement member includes a central area for accommodating the non-flexible material, a first ink-collecting area positioned in the approximate center of the central area and a second ink-collecting area positioned on the outer periphery of the central area.
An assembly jig for a printing aid, comprising:
- a printing position-determining member that defines a printing area and that is adapted to be transported or positioned inside of a printer;
- a storage section in which the printing position-determining member is contained, the storage section having a mounting opening corresponding to the printing area;
- and
- a non-flexible placement member provided on the printing position-determining member at a position corresponding to the printing area, the non-flexible placement member being constructed to receive an object to be printed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.