Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMakoto Sato
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Abstract
A recording apparatus that can prevent a medium from dropping into an opening provided in a supporting member for supporting the other side of the medium, on one side of which recording is performed, without changing the shape of the opening is provided. A printer includes a recording head that performs recording on one side of a sheet P being transported in a transportation direction X; a platen having a fixed rib that is fixed and supports the other side of the sheet P, and an opening provided in a region facing the recording head; and a movable rib that moves in the opening in a width direction intersecting the transportation direction between a supporting position where it supports the other side of the sheet P and a position at a distance from the supporting position.
Claims10
A recording apparatus for performing recording on a medium being transported, the recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head that performs recording on one side of a medium being transported in a transportation direction;
- a supporting member having a fixed supporting portion that is fixed and supports the other side of the medium, and an opening provided in a region facing the recording head;
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- a movable supporting portion that moves in the opening in a width direction intersecting the transportation direction between a supporting position where it supports the other side of the medium and a position at a distance from the supporting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.