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US 9,956,796 B2Granted
Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMikio Kitagishi
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction; a medium support that supports the medium; a medium pressing unit that has a first regulation section that regulates bending of an end portion of the medium from the medium support in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction and a second regulation section that regulates moving of the end portion of the medium to an outer side in the width direction; and a printing unit that performs printing on the medium supported on the medium support.
Claims13
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a print head that is configured to discharge ink on a printing surface of a medium;
- a transport unit that is configured to transport the medium in a transport direction;
- a medium support that includes a support surface that is configured to support the medium;
- a first regulation section that is configured to face to an end portion of the printing surface in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction, the first regulation section that is configured to regulate bending of the end portion from the support surface;
- a second regulation section that is configured to contact with the end portion in the width direction, the second regulation section that regulates a movement of the end portion to an outer side in the width direction;
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- wherein the second regulation section that is provided on the upstream side from the print head in the transport direction,
- wherein the first regulation section includes a base plate that comes into the support surface, and
- wherein the base plate includes a latching portion that latches to a latching groove of the medium support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.