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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2020
Printing apparatus having a heater that includes a protection section for a heat generating resistor
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Fujimori, Minamiminowa, JP;
Hironori Endo, Okaya, JP;
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;
Toru Matsuyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryo Hirabayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobuaki Ito, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport section; and a heater that is provided downstream of the discharge section in the first direction, and heats the medium, in which the heater includes a ceramic substrate, a heat generating resistor provided on the ceramic substrate, and a protection section that protects the heat generating resistor.