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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Nakajima, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuki Ishii, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a head and a robot which moves the head with respect to a workpiece, the head includes a first nozzle row for ejecting a first and a second nozzle row for ejecting a second ink which has lower brightness than the first ink, the robot includes an arm portion having a distal end, a proximal end, and a plurality of joints, and a base portion coupled to the proximal end, and supports the head by the distal end, and when a timing at which the first ink is ejected to a predetermined position on the workpiece is defined as a first timing, and a timing at which the second ink is ejected to the predetermined position is defined as a second timing, a distance between the distal end and the proximal end at the second timing is less than the first timing.