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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahide Onuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuji Kurata, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Ogasawara, Machida, JP;
Masakazu Tsukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunori Saito, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A platen includes: a plurality of supporting portions capable of supporting a sheet; negative pressure chambers, to which a negative pressure is supplied, so as to suck a sheet facing the supporting portions to the supporting portions; and ink receiver and that receive ink ejected from a printhead to the outside of the sheet supported by the supporting portions. The plurality of supporting portions are arranged in a sheet width direction (i.e., an X direction) transverse a sheet conveyance direction. The plurality of negative pressure chambers are disposed in a manner corresponding to the plurality of supporting portions, respectively.