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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Noboru Tamura, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04588 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 3/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a large format printer, a print head which includes a plurality of drive elements is provided with a head drive circuit which applies a voltage which is based on a first drive signal, a second drive signal, and a reference voltage signal which are input from a control circuit via a cable to the drive element. In a first flat cable and a second flat cable which configure the cable and which are in an overlapping state, a first wire which propagates a first drive signal is adjacent to a third wire which propagates a reference voltage signal, a second wire which propagates a second drive signal is adjacent to a third wire, and, in an overlapping direction, the first wire faces the third wire and the second wire faces the third wire.


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