US 11,884,061 B2
Printing apparatus
Yuki Awanohara, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,065.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-032550 (JP), filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281242 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/06 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0085 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a platen having a plurality of suction ports for sucking a printing medium;
a suction fan;
a suction duct configured to couple the plurality of suction ports and the suction fan to each other; and
a component having a heat generating source;
a cover member constituting a portion of the suction duct and covering at least a portion of the component,
a gap is formed between the cover member and the component, and
an opening is formed in the cover member,
wherein a position of the opening formed in the cover member is disposed at a center position of the cover member in a transport direction of the recording medium, the position being a position further separated from the component than the center of the cover member in a width direction of the recording medium.