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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichiro Nakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Hidemasa Kanada, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing device includes a heating section capable of heating paper P transported over a support platform, a head unit that is disposed at a position facing the support platform with a gap therebetween, and that is capable of rotating about a rotation shaft extending along width direction X, and a head cooling unit that is capable of cooling the head unit. The head unit is provided with a first head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, a second head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, and a third head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, with the heads provided around a rotation direction of the head unit with gaps between one another. When one head out of the respective heads faces the paper P, another head out of the respective heads can be made to face the head cooling unit.