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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Seiji Ihara, Azumino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/04501 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16555 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a platen that supports a recording medium, a printing head that reciprocates along the platen, and discharges a droplet onto the recording medium supported by the platen at least in a forward route or a backward route of the reciprocation, to perform printing, and an air blowing unit disposed on at least one of two sides of the platen in a reciprocation direction, that is a direction in which the printing head moves along with the reciprocation, and blows an airflow to a nozzle surface of the printing head that reciprocates.