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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a transporting section configured to transport a recording medium, a recording head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a carriage movable and holding the recording head, a first guide member guiding movement of the carriage, a second guide member guiding the movement of the carriage, a first movable member movable along with the carriage, a second movable member disposed away from the first movable member and movable along with the carriage, and a driving section configured to drive the carriage between a position where the recording head records the image onto the recording medium and a position where the recording head is separate from a path over which the transporting section transports the recording medium by moving the first movable member and the second movable member. The driving section moves the first movable member and the second movable member in synchronization.