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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshige Owaki, Okaya, JP;
Mikio Kitagishi, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomohiro Yuda, Minowa-machi, JP;
Katsuhiro Okubo, Azumino, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of head units, in each of which a plurality of recording heads are disposed so as to be aligned in a main scanning direction in a holding member as a frame body, and a plurality of nozzle openings for discharging ink being disposed in a sub scanning direction in each recording head. The head units are aligned such that center lines thereof in the main scanning direction differ from each other in the main scanning direction. M (M is a natural number) liquid ejecting heads are attachable to each holding member in the main scanning direction. N (M>N (N is a natural number)) liquid ejecting heads, which discharge liquid, among the M liquid ejecting heads are arranged so as to be close to a center side of an entire width of the head units in the main scanning direction.