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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Hidetoshi Kodama, Nagano, JP;
Koichiro Yokoyama, Nagano, JP;
Kiyoto Komuro, Nagano, JP;
Takuya Yasue, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Akahane, Nagano, JP;
Masahiro Isono, Nagano, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Nagano, JP;
Koichiro Yokoyama, Nagano, JP;
Kiyoto Komuro, Nagano, JP;
Takuya Yasue, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Akahane, Nagano, JP;
Masahiro Isono, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording head has a dot formation element array including a pluarlity of dot formation elements arranged in a first direction. A platen is operable to hold a recording medium in a position opposite to the recording head. The platen has a hole formed in a substantially center area in the first direction of the platen. The hole guides ink that has be discarded outside at least one of a leading end and a trailing end of the recording medium when data are recorded on the recording medium without leaving a margin on at least one of the leading end and the trailing end of the recording medium. The hole has a size in the first direction which is less than an entire portion of the dot formation element array.