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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenichi Miyazaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting unit which ejects a liquid onto a medium that is transported in a transport direction; a suction mechanism for sucking the medium; a medium supporting portion in which two or more suction pores for applying a suction force of the suction mechanism to the medium are provided so as to be lined up in a width direction; and a supporting member which is configured separately from the medium supporting portion, which includes rib forming portions which form ribs that can support the medium, and which is disposed on the medium supporting portion such that the rib forming portions extend in the transport direction between two of the suction pores which are lined up in the width direction.