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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Fujisawa, Okaya, JP;
Hiroshi Asawa, Yamagata, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This printing apparatus is provided with a discharge head, a movement unit for moving a recording medium in a prescribed direction relative to the discharge head, a support member for supporting the recording medium in a position of facing the discharge head, a light-emitting unit for emitting light downstream in the prescribed direction from the discharge head, a first opposing unit disposed between the discharge head and the light-emitting unit in the prescribed direction, a second opposing unit disposed downstream of the discharge head in the prescribed direction, and an optically transparent member that is disposed between the first opposing unit and the second opposing unit and that covers the light-emitting unit from the support member. The optically transparent member is provided between the light-emitting unit and an opening defined between the support-member-side end of the first opposing unit and the support-member-side end of the second opposing unit, light emitted from the light-emitting unit is radiated from the opening onto the recording medium after transmitting through the optically transparent member, and the distance from the opening to the optically transparent member is greater than or equal to 40% of the width of the opening in the prescribed direction.