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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mikio Kitagishi, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction; a medium support that supports the medium; a medium pressing unit that has a first regulation section that regulates bending of an end portion of the medium from the medium support in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction and a second regulation section that regulates moving of the end portion of the medium to an outer side in the width direction; and a printing unit that performs printing on the medium supported on the medium support.