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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Aoki, Ibaraki, JP;
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a plurality of components for the printing apparatus, and a housing configured to house the plurality of components in an inside of the housing and having a plurality of access portions used by a user and a service man to access the inside of the housing. The access portions have predetermined difficulty levels of access of accessing the inside of the housing from the access portions respectively. At least one or more of the plurality of components housed in the inside of the housing are arranged based on positions and the predetermined difficulty levels of access of the access portions and a frequency of access to the at least one or more of the plurality of components by the user and the service man.