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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Naoki Hori, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a transportation section that transports a medium in a transportation direction; a head that ejects the liquid on the medium; a support member that supports the medium which is in a position facing the head while abutting a surface of one side of the medium; a heat source that is disposed in a position facing the support member; an abutting member that abuts the surface of the one side of the medium on an upstream side from the support member in the transportation direction; and a detection section that detects presence or absence of the foreign matter on a surface of the other side of the medium in an area of the medium which abuts the abutting member.


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