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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Otsuka, Shiojiri, JP;
Isao Nomura, Azumino, JP;
Hidenori Usuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Toru Matsuyama, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.