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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Toyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Satoru Katagami, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuichi Washio, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazutoshi Fujisawa, Okaya, JP;
Ko Takanashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing deviceincludes a setting sectionof a print medium P; a winding sectionconfigured to wind up the print medium P; a print headconfigured to form an image by ejecting ink onto the print medium P; and a drying furnaceconfigured to dry the ink ejected onto the print medium P, wherein the drying furnaceincludes a blowing heating sectionfor blowing heated gas G to the image forming surface P, the blowing heating sectionhas a first blowing heating sectionA and a second blowing heating sectionB, a print mode includes a first mode and a second mode, and the airflow speed of gas G blown by the first blowing heating sectionA in the second mode is slower than the airflow speed of gas G blown by the first blowing heating sectionA in the first mode.