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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuaki Sakai, Shiojiri, JP;
Takao Yamamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Yusuke Makishima, Shiojiri, JP;
Daiki Ishikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/135 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B65H 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/12 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/135 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 29/12 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 23/04 (2013.01); B65H 2301/511 (2013.01); B65H 2404/147 (2013.01); B65H 2404/561 (2013.01); B65H 2801/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit that prints on a printing surface of the medium, and a removal unit that is provided on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the transport unit and is provided so as to come into contact with the printing surface.