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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Yamazaki, Asahi-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a medium, a printing unit that ejects ink onto the medium, and a drying unit dries the ink ejected from the printing unit to the medium. The drying unit includes a support portion that supports the medium, an airflow generating unit that generates an airflow, a blowout port for airflows that is disposed at a position facing the image forming surface of the medium conveyed by the conveying unit and blows out the airflow, and an airflow direction determining portion that determines an air blowing direction that is a direction toward which the airflow blown out from the blowout port is directed. The air blowing direction is inclined with respect to an opposing direction in which the blowout port faces the image forming surface as viewed from the conveying direction.
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