Seiko Epson Corporation

Katsuya Asamoto

Tsuneyuki Sasaki

Tadashi Aizawa

Takehito Washizawa

Shuichiro Nakano

Yuichi Washio

Koji Sato

Shuhei Nishizawa

Tomohiro Yoda

Mikio Kitagishi

Junya Suzuki

Akihiro Yoshimura

A transport devicefor transporting a mediumto be recorded by a recording sectionincludes a transport beltfor transporting the medium; a pressing sectionthat is located further upstream than the recording section in a transport direction of the medium and presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium; a covercovering the recording section and the pressing section, which has an intake port, and a fanthat draws air into the cover through the intake port and is located further upstream than the intake port in the transport direction, wherein the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.

Transport device and recording device

A transport system includes a transport device and a peeling device. The transport device includes: a transporting belt including an adhesive layer and configured to transport a medium affixed to the adhesive layer; a heating unit configured to be able to heat the adhesive layer; a driving unit configured to drive the transporting belt; and a control unit including a detector configured to detect a load of the driving unit, the control unit being configured to control the driving unit and the heating unit. The peeling device is configured to peel the medium from the transporting belt. The detector is configured to be able to detect the load of the driving unit when the medium is peeled from the transporting belt by the peeling device, and the control unit controls the heating unit on the basis of a detection result from the detector.

Transport system, transport device, recording system, and method of controlling transport device

Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. Based on a result detected by a detection unit configured to detect a change in an alternating current electric field generated from the alternating current electric field generation unit, a control unit is configured to stop generation of the high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency voltage generation unit to the first electrode and the second electrode.

Liquid ejecting device

The printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a fabric based on print data, a transporting belt having a support surface for supporting the fabric and configured to transport the fabric, a cleaning unit configured to clean the support surface with a cleaning liquid, a temperature change unit configured to change a temperature of the cleaning liquid, and a device control unit configured to control the temperature change unit based on at least one of attribute information of the fabric, a position of the fabric on the support surface, and the print data.

Printing apparatus

A drying device that dries a medium being transported, the drying device includes a support that supports a medium being transported, an AC electric field generation unit that generates an AC electric field, a detector that detects an amount of moisture contained in the medium, and a control unit, wherein the AC electric field generation unit has first electrode and second electrodes disposed adjacent to each other and facing the medium supported by the support, a high-frequency voltage generator that generates a high-frequency voltage at the first and second electrodes, and a conductor that electrically couples the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generator, and the detector is disposed at least one of downstream or upstream of the first and second electrodes in a transporting direction, and the control unit controls the AC electric field generation unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.

Drying device, printing system

A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, a wiper configured to wipe an outer circumferential surface of the transporting belt by coming into contact with the outer circumferential surface, a holding portion configured to hold the wiper, a support portion configured to support the holding portion such that the wiper is movable toward the outer circumferential surface, an elastic member configured to bias the holding portion such that the wiper comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface while the holding portion is supported movably by the support portion, and a fixing portion configured to fix the holding portion to the support portion.

Recording device

Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed upstream of a liquid ejecting head in a transport direction of a medium.

Liquid ejecting device with alternating current electric field generation unit

A recording device includes a recording unit (printing unit) configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt having a support face configured to support the medium, and configured to transport the medium, a heating unit configured to heat the support face, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between the support face and the heating unit to a first distance and to a second distance that is greater than the first distance, wherein the adjustment mechanism moves the heating unit away from the support face such that the distance is changed from the first distance to the second distance.

A recording system includes a recording device including a recording unit that performs recording onto a medium, a transporting belt that includes an adhesive layer and transports the medium stuck on the adhesive layer, a drive unit that drives the transporting belt, a control unit that includes a detection unit for detecting a load current flowing in the drive unit and that controls the drive unit. The recording system further includes a peeling device that peels the medium from the transporting belt, and a notification device that provides a notification. The control unit causes the notification device to provide a notification on a time to replace the adhesive layer, based on a detection result of the detection unit.

Recording system providing a notification on a time to replace an adhesive layer on a transporting belt, recording device, and control method

A transport device includes a transporting belt, which includes a support face that adhesively supports a medium, and which transports the adhered medium, a heating unit that heats the transporting belt before the medium is supported at the support face, a pressing unit that is provided downstream of the heating unit in a movement direction of the transporting belt and that presses the medium against the support face, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of at least a part of the support face, from the heating unit to the pressing unit in the movement direction, and a control unit that controls the heating unit based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit.

A liquid ejecting system includes an environmental information acquiring unit that acquires, as environmental information at least one of a temperature and a humidity, an ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a drying unit that dries the medium onto which the liquid is ejected by the ejecting unit, a control unit that controls the ejecting unit and the drying unit, and a storage unit that stores setting information. The control unit acquires drying information corresponding to medium type information and ejection amount information acquired as a liquid ejection condition and the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquiring unit, based on the setting information stored in the storage unit, and performs drying control that controls the drying unit, based on the acquired drying information.

Liquid ejecting system and control method of liquid ejecting system

A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidifying unit configured to humidify an interior of the housing, and a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity. When the humidity detection unit detected a humidity less than a lower limit value (one example of a first predetermined value) (positive determination in step S), the interior of the housing is humidified by the humidifying unit during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit (step S).

Liquid discharge apparatus and method for controlling liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium, a support portion configured to support a portion of the medium, the liquid being discharged from the discharge unit onto the portion of the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity, and a display control unit configured to display an indication prompting adjustment of a temperature or humidity when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than a lower limit value, and configured to display an indication prompting adjustment of a temperature or humidity when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity exceeding an upper limit value greater than the lower limit value.

Liquid discharge apparatus and display control method in liquid discharge apparatus

Provided is a droplet discharging device that can efficiently couple a droplet discharging head and a head driving circuit by a cable. A droplet discharging device includes a droplet discharging head, a head driving circuit configured to drive the droplet discharging head, a carriage configured to move while supporting the droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit, and a cable configured to electrically couple a head connector of the droplet discharging head and a circuit connector of the head driving circuit, the cable being detachably coupled to the head connector and to the circuit connector. The droplet discharging head and the head driving circuit are disposed such that the head connector and the head driving circuit do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the head connector and the circuit connector and the droplet discharging head do not overlap in a direction of pull-out of the cable from the circuit connector.

Droplet discharging device

A liquid ejecting device includes a housing, an ejecting unit located in the housing that ejects liquid onto a medium, and a display unit that displays a recommended condition of an installation environment where a device is installed. The display unit displays, as the recommended condition, any of (a) a recommended temperature condition indicating a recommended temperature range, (b) a recommended relative humidity condition indicating a recommended relative humidity range, (c) a recommended absolute humidity condition indicating a recommended absolute humidity range, and (d) a recommended temperature condition and a recommended absolute humidity condition.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Katsuya Asamoto