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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akinori Muromachi, Matsumoto, JP;
Takamasa Ikagawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a medium by attracting the medium onto an outer peripheral surface of the transport belt and circulating, a recording portion that performs recording on the medium transported by the transport belt, a cleaning portion that cleans the outer peripheral surface, and a controller that controls a driving of components. The controller perform a cleaning operation that cleans the outer peripheral surface by moving both the cleaning portion and the transport belt in a state in which the cleaning portion is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the transport belt, and a dew condensation suppressing operation that increases a temperature of the outer peripheral surface by stopping the cleaning portion and moving the transport belt in a state in which the cleaning portion is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the transport belt.