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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidemasa Kanada, Matsumoto, JP;
Shuichiro Nakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A droplet discharge apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording by discharging ink droplets onto a recording medium, and a drying section including a plurality of drying units that perform drying of the recording medium on which ink droplets have been impacted, wherein the drying units are movably disposed in a predetermined drying area in which the drying of the recording medium is performed.