Seiko Epson Corporation

Seiko Eoson Corporation

Yutaka Nagashima

Yoshitaka Shimada

Norihiro Masuda

Junya Kato

Hiroshi Shiohara

A recording device includes a medium placement unit on which a medium is fixedly placed, a recording head configured to discharge liquid toward the medium, a gantry including a discharging unit, the gantry being configured to move relative to the medium placement unit along a first axial direction, a heater provided at the medium placement unit, the heater being configured to heat the medium placed on the medium placement unit, and a control unit configured to control the heater. The control unit controls heating of the medium by the heater in accordance with a condition.

Recording device and recording method for controlling a medium heater

An ink jet printer includes a liquid ejection head that forms an image on a roll paper which is transported from upstream to downstream of a transportation path, and a cutter unit that cuts the roll paper on which the image is formed by the liquid ejection head straight in the direction transverse to the transportation direction of the roll paper, wherein the cutter unit is configured to be capable of changing the cutting direction of the roll paper.

Image forming device with cutter unit

A medium feeding apparatus includes: a pivot unit, supporting a medium and pivoting to cause the medium to come in contact with and to separate from a feeding unit; a first guide unit, guiding one side end of the medium supported on the pivot unit; a second guide unit, guiding the other side end of the medium; a first moving unit, moving the first guide unit to come in contact with and to separate from the one side end of the medium in conjunction with the pivoting motion of the pivot unit; and a second moving unit, moving the second guide unit to come in contact with and to separate from the other side end of the fed medium in conjunction with the movement of the first guide unit.

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Yamagata-mura, Japan

Yutaka Nagashima