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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tomohiro Yoda, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14088 (2013.01); B41J 2/04553 (2013.01); B41J 2/04566 (2013.01); B41J 11/0024 (2021.01); B41J 11/00242 (2021.01);
Abstract

A droplet discharging device includes a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a droplet onto a medium, a heater configured to heat, the medium onto which the droplet is discharged from the head, at a position opposing to the head, an air blowing fan configured to blow outside air from an outside toward an inside of a housing that accommodates the head and the heater, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the outside air blown by the air blowing fan, and a control unit, and when the temperature of the outside air detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a preset temperature, the control unit changes a set temperature of the heater to a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature.


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