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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takehito Washizawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a carriage supporting a liquid discharging head for discharging liquid onto a medium being transported, and caused to perform scanning along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction of the medium, a supporting member having a first guide rail extending along the width direction, and a support face capable of supporting the medium, a first engaging portion engaged with the first guide rail, and an edge holder having a plate member covering a first end portion of the medium on a first direction side in the width direction. On the first direction side of an end portion on the first direction side in the width direction of the first guide rail, a retraction region is provided in which the edge holder can be disposed in a state in which an engaging state between the first guide rail and the first engaging portion is released.