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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Masuda, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenji Otokita, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided that includes a line type printing head ejecting an UV ink onto a base material, an ultraviolet irradiator disposed downstream of the printing head, a mist retrieving section having a suction port and disposed between the printing head and the ultraviolet irradiator, and a control unit, wherein when printing is performed, the control unit adjusts, in accordance with a transport speed of the base material, at least one of a gap A, a gap B, and a suction air volume of the mist retrieving section such that a direction of an airflow passing through a gap between the base material and the ultraviolet irradiator is opposite the transport direction of the base material. The gap A is a gap between the printing head and the mist retrieving section, and the gap B is a gap between the base material and the suction port.