Seiko Epson Corporation

Nissei Asb Machine Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Aoki

Yusaku Amano

Katsumi Okamoto

Masaki Shimomura

Takuto Tanaka

Ryo Honma

Makoto Sato

Soichiro Kii

Koji Migita

Masashi Nakatsu

Koji Shimizu

Toshikazu Kotaka

Kazuyoshi Ohashi

Takatomo Fukumoto

Akinobu Nakahata

Hiroyuki Yoda

Yoichiro Maki

Ikuo Masujima

Seiji Kawabata

Masanori Nakata

Yuji Misawa

Hiroaki Nakanishi

Koji Oda

Junji Shirokoshi

Noriyuki Noda

Shiori Naruse

Michihito Ito

Takahiro Otani

Junko Yamamoto

Akinobu Miyasaka

Kiyokazu Kamijo

Kei Miyazawa

A head lifting lowering device includes: a lifting lowering mechanism that moves a liquid ejecting head, which ejects a liquid, in a first direction in which the liquid ejecting head is lifted/lowered; a frame that supports the lifting lowering mechanism; and an adjusting member that moves the lifting lowering mechanism relative to the frame in a second direction different from the first direction.

Head lifting lowering device, control method of head lifting lowering device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program, manufacturing method of head lifting lowering device

A recording apparatus includes a recording unit including a recorder configured to perform recording on a medium, and a first side plate and a second side plate being a pair of side plates positioned across the recording unit, and configured to support the recording unit. An apparatus gravity center position is on a side close to the second side plate with respect to an intermediate position between the first side plate and the second side plate, and the number of components, of the recording unit, supported by the first side plate is smaller than the number of components, of the recording unit, supported by the second side plate.

Recording apparatus

A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.

A recording apparatus includes a support portion to transport a medium in a transport direction. A recording head includes an ejecting surface that faces the support portion and is provided with a nozzle to eject liquid to the medium to be transported. A cap portion covers the ejecting surface, and a movement mechanism moves the recording head in a moving direction which is orthogonal to the transport direction. A cap moving portion supports and moves the cap portion between a cap position where a cap surface of the cap portion covers the ejecting surface and a standby position where the cap surface does not cover the ejecting surface.

A main body frame of a multifunction machine has first and second frames of which surfaces parallel to a Z-axis face each other. A recording head is disposed between the first and the second frames and fixed to the main body frame. An ejection tray is fixed to the main body frame on a +Z direction with respect to the recording head. A scanner is fixed to the main body frame on the +Z direction with respect to the ejection tray and forms an ejection space with the ejection tray. The recording head performs recording on a medium which is being transported toward a first direction, which is an in-plane direction of the first frame. The ejection tray is configured to be removed toward a second direction, which is the in-plane direction of the first frame, in a state where the scanner is fixed to the main body frame.

Multifunction machine, maintenance method of multifunction machine, and manufacturing method of multifunction machine

A printer, which is an example of a liquid ejecting apparatus, including a slide mechanism that has a first member and a second member configured to slide with each other in lifting and lowering directions; a head that is fixed to the first member and has a nozzle for ejecting a liquid; a lifting and lowering mechanism that is fixed to the second member, and lifts and lowers the head in the lifting and lowering directions; and a cap that covers the nozzle. The first member is configured of a wall member having an elongated hole, and the second member is configured of a pin. The lifting and lowering mechanism relatively moves the head toward the cap in a state where the head does not slide in a direction away from the cap.

Liquid ejecting apparatus

A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a cap unit, and a wiper unit. The head moving unit moves the line head to a recording position and a retracted position along a B direction. The cap unit is configured to move back and forth in an A direction between the line head and the transport unit. The wiper unit is configured to move back and forth in a Y direction intersecting both the B direction and the A direction between the line head and the transport unit. At least a portion of a first movement area in which the cap unit moves and at least a portion of a second movement area in which the wiper unit moves are disposed at an identical position in the B direction.

A recording apparatus includes: an apparatus body that includes a recorder that performs recording on a medium; an opening-and-closing member that is able to be opened away from and closed toward the apparatus body; a unit module that is detachably attached to an attachment portion configured to become exposed by opening the opening-and-closing member, and constitutes a part of a first medium transportation path when attached to the attachment portion; a second medium transportation path that is provided above the first medium transportation path; and a path forming member that is located above the attachment portion and forms a part of the second medium transportation path; wherein the path forming member is retracted from the second medium transportation path and advances onto the opening-and-closing trajectory of the opening-and-closing member when the unit module is detached from the attachment portion.

There is provided a print control device that causes a printing device to perform printing, the print control device including: a specifying section that specifies a print target from a captured image captured by an image capturing sensor; a display section that displays, on a display, a screen in which a trimmed image is superimposed on the captured image, the trimmed image being obtained by trimming a preview image of original print data in accordance with the print target; a setting receiving section that receives a setting of a relative position of the preview image with respect to the print target; a print instruction receiving section that receives a print instruction at the relative position; and a control section that causes the printing device to perform printing on the print target based on the original print data and the relative position according to the print instruction.

Print control device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing print control program, and printed matter production method

The printer includes a transport unit having a support surface for supporting a medium, a line head recording on the medium by ejecting ink from a nozzle provided on an ejecting surface thereof, a head moving portion for moving the line head along a moving direction with respect to the transport unit, and a first maintenance unit movably provided in a first direction for covering the ejecting surface. The moving direction intersects a horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or less, the first direction intersects the horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees, and a movement amount of the first maintenance unit in the first direction is equal to or larger than a movement amount of the line head in the moving direction when the printer is installed on a horizontal plane.

There is provided a resin container including an upper surface portion, a side surface portion connected to the upper surface portion, and a bottom surface portion disposed on a side opposite to the upper surface portion and connected to the side surface portion. A round corner surface portion is formed to the side surface portion. A first folding deformation inducing portion is formed on the round corner surface portion. When the container is viewed from a side surface portion side such that a central axis of the container and the round corner surface portion overlap with each other, the first folding deformation inducing portion is oblique with respect to the central axis.

Resin container

An image reading device includes: a first reading unit that is provided at an intermediate position of a transport path and that reads an image of a document transported on the transport path; and a transport unit that is disposed on the transport path further upstream than the first reading unit and that transports the document to the first reading unit. The transport unit includes a third driving roller and third driven rollers that hold the document between the third driving roller and the third driven rollers. The third driving roller is provided on a frame main body, and the third driven rollers are provided on a holder member. When a cover is displaced from a closed position to an open position, the holder member is moved so as to separate the third driven rollers from the third driving roller.

Image reading device

A recording apparatus includes a placement unit on which sheets of paper are placed, a feeder that feeds a sheet, thrust mechanisms that push up the placement unit toward the feeder, and an edge guide. Each of the thrust mechanisms includes a coil spring that imparts an urging force to the placement unit, one case that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the coil spring from one end thereof and accommodates the coil spring, and another case that is disposed so as to partially overlap the one case and receives the coil spring from the other end thereof and accommodates the coil spring. The one case and the other case are configured to be movable relative to each other in the urging direction of the coil spring and to be rotatable together in the circumferential direction.

A medium transportation device includes a transportation driving roller that transports a medium; a roller unit including a separation roller as a driven roller that is rotated by rotation of the transportation driving roller and a shaft which penetrates a rotation center of the separation roller; a holder that detachably holds the roller unit; and a lock mechanism that switches between an unlocked state in which the roller unit is unlocked from the holder and a locked state in which the roller unit is locked to the holder.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Takeshi Aoki