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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunaga Suzuki, Azumino, JP;
Toshio Kumagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a head including a nozzle disposed on a nozzle surface and configured to discharge ultraviolet-curable ink onto a recording medium; first and second irradiation units as an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate the ultraviolet-curable ink discharged onto the recording medium with an ultraviolet ray; and a smoke supply unit configured to supply smoke to a part of an advancing path from the first and second irradiation units to the nozzle surface of an ultraviolet ray irradiated from the first and second irradiation units and entering the nozzle surface.