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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2015
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to perform printing using ink along a main scanning direction onto a print medium by moving in the main scanning direction; a platen configured to support, from an opposite side of the inkjet head, a portion of the print medium being printed by the inkjet head by a printing portion supporting region extending in the main scanning direction; a print heater configured to heat the print medium via the printing portion supporting region; and a fan device extending in the main scanning direction, and configured to blow air out from a blower outlet for blowing the air toward a surface of the portion of the print medium supported by the printing portion supporting region.