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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Kazutaka Tamaki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/08 (2006.01); B41J 11/14 (2006.01); B41J 11/20 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 11/08 (2013.01); B41J 11/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet printer is an inkjet printer for performing printing on a print medium, and includes: a platen, having a groove formed at a position facing an inkjet head and configured to support a print medium; an air blowing unit, for sucking air from an inside of the groove; a lid, attachable to and detachable from the platen and configured to cover an opening of the groove and support the print medium by a surface of the lid when attached to the platen; a storage part, for storing the lid detached from the platen; and a link mechanism, for guiding movement of the lid between the platen and the storage part.