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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Shun Oya, Suwa, JP;
Hironori Maekawa, Suwa, JP;
Shun Oya, Suwa, JP;
Hironori Maekawa, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, an inkjet printer that connects a vacuum fan on the printer case side and a vacuum platen on the cover side through a short vacuum path. The platen moves in conjunction with the cover of the roll paper compartment. The platen is a vacuum platen having vacuum regions, suction holes, and a platen-side air path on the platen side, and a vacuum fan and a vacuum duct that connects the vacuum fan to the suction unit of the platen on the printer case side. The vacuum duct is disconnected from the suction unit of the platen when the platen moves in conjunction with the cover, and the length of the vacuum duct can therefore be short, corresponding to the distance between the intake opening of the vacuum fan and the suction unit of the platen when the cover is closed.