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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/38 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41F 17/38 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a removal portion that removes attached materials attached to a printing surface by coming in contact with the printing surface of a printing medium; a pressing portion that presses the printing surface with which the removal portion is in contact; and a liquid ejecting portion that performs printing by ejecting a liquid with respect to the printing surface pressed by the pressing portion.