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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Fujimori, Minamiminowa, JP;
Hironori Endo, Okaya, JP;
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;
Toru Matsuyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryo Hirabayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobuaki Ito, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a transport section that transports a medium in a first direction; a printing section that makes a liquid adhere to the medium transported by the transport section; a heating section provided downstream of the printing section in the first direction, in which the heating section includes a first heater that extends to a first range in a second direction intersecting the first direction and a second range positioned on one side in the second direction from the first range and heats the medium, and a second heater that extends to the first range and a third range positioned on the other side in the second direction from the first range, and heats the medium, and heats the medium by the first heater and the second heater when the printing section made the liquid adhere to the first range on the medium.