Seiko Epson Corporation

Naotoshi Yanagidaira

Kenichi Miyazaki

Yasuo Naramatsu

Tomoya Murotani

A drying device includes a support unit, a heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit includes a duct, which has a blowing outlet, a suction inlet, and an air port and includes an air flow path, a heating section, a blower, and a first adjustment unit capable of adjusting an amount of air flowing into the air flow path from an outside of the duct through the air port. The control unit is capable of executing a first mode in which the first adjustment unit is controlled to adjust the amount of air in a state in which the heating section performs heating and a second mode in which the first adjustment unit is controlled to cause the amount of air to be more than the amount of air in the first mode in a state in which heating by the heating section is stopped.

Drying device and printing apparatus

An ink jet-type printer includes a recording mechanism performing recording on a continuous sheet transported along a transport path, a transport base and frames disposed downstream of the recording mechanism in the transport path and supporting the continuous sheet, on which the recording has been performed by the recording mechanism, and a heating unit disposed facing the transport base and the frames and heating the continuous sheet supported by the transport base and the frames. The heating unit is pivotable away from the transport base and the frames about a hinge portion serving as a pivoting center disposed at an end portion of the heating unit downstream in the transport direction of the continuous sheet.

Recording apparatus

A printing apparatus includes a transport drive roller that transports a medium, a roller support unit that supports the transport drive roller on one side in a first direction, a base member that supports the roller support unit on the one side in the first direction, and a first fulcrum portion via which the roller support unit and the base member are made to contact each other. The roller support unit is configured so as to pivot upon the first fulcrum portion about an axis oriented in the first direction.

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Chino, Japan

Naotoshi Yanagidaira