Seiko Epson Corporation

Naoki Oki

Yuki Moriya

Ryosuke Ban

A printing apparatus includes a printing portion configured to perform printing on a printing surface of a medium, a transporting portion configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a medium supporting portion located upstream of the printing portion in the transport direction, the medium supporting portion including a medium supporting surface configured to support the medium, a preprocessing portion configured to perform preprocessing on the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, and a mount portion facing the medium supporting surface, the mount portion being configured such that the preprocessing portion is detachably mounted thereto. The mount portion includes a position-setting mechanism configured to set a position of the preprocessing portion with respect to the medium supporting surface.

Printing apparatus

A printer includes a printing section configured to perform printing on roll paper, a transport surface (hot plate) where the roll paper on which printing has been performed is transported, and a heater unit (heater) for heating the transport surface. The stated transport surface includes a plurality of projections with which the roll paper makes slide contact.

A drying unit that dries a printed paper sheet is disposed at a position downstream to a liquid ejecting head in a transportation direction. The drying unit includes a heater having a heating surface that also serves as a transportation surface of the paper sheet, an upstream roller that is disposed at a position opposite the heating surface, and a downstream roller that is disposed at a position downstream to the upstream roller in the transportation direction and opposite the heating surface. A distance between the upstream roller and the heating surface is longer than a distance between the downstream roller and the heating surface.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Naoki Oki