Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYusuke Sakagami
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a first transport belt group including endless belts arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting a transport direction of a printing medium, a second transport belt group including endless belts arranged so as to oppose the first transport belt group and configured to transport the printing medium while the printing medium is clamped between the first transport belt group and the second transport belt group, and a group of liquid ejecting heads provided between the endless belts of the first transport belt group or between the endless belts of the second transport belt group and configured to eject liquid onto the printing medium being transported.
Claims7
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a first transport belt group including endless belts arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting a transport direction of a printing medium;
- a second transport belt group including endless belts arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting the transport direction, disposed downstream of the first transport belt group;
- and
- a first liquid ejecting head group provided between the endless belts of the first transport belt group, and configured to eject liquid onto the printing medium being transported;
- a second liquid ejecting head group provided between the endless belts of the second transport belt group, and configured to eject liquid onto the printing medium being transported;
- a sucking unit configured to suck air between the first transport belt group and the first liquid ejecting head group, and between the second transport belt group and the second liquid ejecting head group;
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- a collecting unit configured to collect the liquid contained in the air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.