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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Munehide Kanaya, Azumino, JP;

Shoma Kudo, Shiojiri, JP;

Hidenao Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a recording apparatus that can easily set a state in which liquid accommodation units are filled with a liquid for recording while suppressing increases in an installation area. A recording apparatus including a liquid ejecting headthat performs recording by ejecting ink onto sheets of paper P, a discharge unitin which a discharge openingthat includes a discharge region at which the sheets of paper, on which recording was performed by the liquid ejecting head, are discharged, is formed, and liquid accommodation unitsthat are capable of accommodating the liquid that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head, in an apparatus main body, in which the liquid accommodation units are provided with injection openings through which it is possible to inject ink into the liquid accommodation units, which are provided in a positions that are below the discharge unit in a perpendicular direction (−Z direction) and overlaps with the discharge unit in the perpendicular direction.


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