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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Yoji Sasai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masahiro Isono, Nagano-ken, JP;
Mamoru Ukita, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Asawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kenjiro Ishihara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Koji Hashiuchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuo Otsuka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Tajima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yoji Sasai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masahiro Isono, Nagano-ken, JP;
Mamoru Ukita, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Asawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kenjiro Ishihara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Koji Hashiuchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuo Otsuka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Tajima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transferring tray for a printing apparatus for printing on one major surface of a recording media having disc shape, wherein the printing apparatus includes, a carriage having a printing head, reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a transferring unit transferring the recording media in a sub scanning direction, a detecting unit detecting the recording media being transferred by the transferring unit, and a recording unit printing on the one major surface of the recording media, the transferring tray including: a tray body having a rectangular plate shape made of a material which is not detected by the detecting unit; a detected portion formed on either one of two major surfaces of the tray body, being detectable by the detecting unit; and a mounting portion having a mounting recess such that the one major surface of the recording media comes up to substantially same level as one of the major surfaces of the tray body when the recording media is mounted on the transferring tray.