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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Hidemasa Kanada, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazunori Shirasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Hidemasa Kanada, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazunori Shirasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a medium holding unit which is divided into a plurality of members to form a holding surface and holds a printing medium being transported on the holding surface; a heat transfer type first heating unit which is disposed in the medium holding unit and heats the printing medium held by the medium holding unit; and a printing head which performs printing by ejecting ink onto the printing medium. Boundaries formed by gaps between the plurality of members on the holding surface of the medium holding unit are curved in both a transport direction and a width direction of the printing medium so as not to be in a straight line shape in the transport direction.