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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naotoshi Yanagidaira, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet-type printer includes a recording mechanism performing recording on a continuous sheet transported along a transport path, a transport base and frames disposed downstream of the recording mechanism in the transport path and supporting the continuous sheet, on which the recording has been performed by the recording mechanism, and a heating unit disposed facing the transport base and the frames and heating the continuous sheet supported by the transport base and the frames. The heating unit is pivotable away from the transport base and the frames about a hinge portion serving as a pivoting center disposed at an end portion of the heating unit downstream in the transport direction of the continuous sheet.