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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Norio Nagata, Matsumoto, JP;
Hironori Maekawa, Suwa, JP;
Takashi Aoki, Shiojiri, JP;
Taku Hirashima, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/34 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 25/304 (2006.01); B41J 25/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/001 (2013.01); B41J 2/16588 (2013.01); B41J 25/304 (2013.01); B41J 25/3084 (2013.01); B41J 25/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
The carriage of a line printer has a head unit that supports a printhead, and a carriage frame that supports the head unit movably up and down. When moving the carriage from a standby position to an opposing position, the carriage is moved while the head unit is held at a up position where the gap to the platen unit is a first distance. The head unit is then lowered at the standby position from the up position to a down position where the platen gap is a second distance that is shorter than the first distance.