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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Arihito Miyakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Hiroshi Arimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Itoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A platen disposed so as to face a printing head includes a third support portion. A second suction hole is formed in an area through which a recording medium passes at least beyond the third support portion in the width direction of the recording medium or downstream of the third support portion in the conveyance direction. A supply port is formed between the third support portion and the second suction hole. Air is sucked into the second suction hole and supplied toward the recording medium through the supply port.