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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Masaaki Tsuji, Wakayama, JP;
Junichi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Tsuji, Wakayama, JP;
Junichi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Many holes are formed in a platen that supports a paper. A suction fan generates suction force through these holes to thereby bring the paper into close contact with a surface of the platen. Ink ejection regions to which printing heads eject ink are set on a paper supporting side of the platen. The holes are formed in other regions in the platen than regions corresponding to vicinities of longitudinal ends of the ink ejection regions.