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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiaki Oshima, Azumino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 15/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a rotating shaft that is displaceable in an axial direction and feeds a recording medium by rotating, a print head that prints on the recording medium that is fed from the rotating shaft, a support member that supports the recording medium between the rotating shaft and the print head, a process execution unit that performs a front surface modifying process on the recording medium supported by the support member, and a displacement mechanism that displaces the support member according to displacement of the rotating shaft.