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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mikio Kitagishi, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium, an ink jet head that ejects ink onto the medium, and a recording-medium support unit having a support surface on which the medium is supported. The support surface has suction holes, which are located outside a print area in which the ink is ejected.