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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Yoshida, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/185 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes an ink storage unit; a print head unit which has an ink reception port, an ink discharging device, and an ink exhaust port; an ink return path which is connected to the ink exhaust port and which returns ink exhausted from the ink exhaust port to the ink storage unit; and a cooling device which is arranged in the ink return path and which cools ink which passes through the ink return path.