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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a recording head that performs printing on a printing surface of a medium, a transport portion that transports the medium in a transport direction, a medium support portion that is disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the recording head and supports the medium, a removal portion that is disposed on the upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the recording head, and a fixing portion to which the removal portion is fixed, in which the removal portion includes a removal member that has a flexible property and comes into contact with the printing surface, and an elastic member that holds the removal member between itself and the medium support portion, and that presses the removal member.