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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Tanabe, Azumino, JP;
Sandro Robustelli, Villa Guardia, JP;
Rodolfo Cazzaniga, Cassago Brianza, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printer includes an endless transporting belt that transports a medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium and rotating, an ejecting unit that ejects ink onto the medium supported by the transporting belt, and a cleaning unit including a first brush for cleaning the transporting belt, a first cleaning liquid tank that stores cleaning liquid with which the first brush is impregnated, a second brush for cleaning the transporting belt, and a second cleaning liquid tank that stores the cleaning liquid with which the second brush is impregnated. The second cleaning liquid tank is disposed at a position lower than the first cleaning liquid tank in the vertical direction, and the cleaning unit is configured so that the cleaning liquid discharged from the first cleaning liquid tank is supplied to the second cleaning liquid tank.