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US 8,616,696 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTsuneyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that ejects liquid onto a recording medium; a transporting device that transports the recording medium along a supporting surface; and a preheating device that preheats the recording medium to the upstream side of the recording head in a transporting direction of the recording medium, in which the preheating device includes a preheating unit that increases the amount of heat per unit time which is applied to the recording medium, as the recording medium is moved toward the downstream side in the transporting direction.
Claims3
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head that ejects liquid onto a recording medium;
- a transporting device that transports the recording medium along a supporting surface;
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- a preheating device that preheats the recording medium to the upstream side of the recording head in a transporting direction of the recording medium,
- wherein the preheating device includes a heating section that increases the amount of heat per unit time which is applied to the recording medium, as the recording medium is moved toward the downstream side in the transporting direction,
- wherein the heating section includes a plurality of heating sources arranged along the supporting surface, with gaps decreasing toward the downstream side in the transporting direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.