US 12,220,905 B2
Printing apparatus
Kazuhisa Kato, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,350.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-208268 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191805 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0022 (2021.01) [B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction;
a support portion configured to support the medium transported by the transport unit;
a printing head configured to perform printing by ejecting liquid onto the medium supported by the support portion;
a carriage mounted with the printing head and configured to move in a scanning direction; and
an air blowing unit configured to blow air to the medium after printing is performed on the medium by the printing head, wherein
the support portion includes a support surface supporting the medium transported by the transport unit,
the air blowing unit includes an air blowing flow path configured to blow air and an air blowing port configured to blow the air from the air blowing flow path to the medium after printing,
the air blowing unit extends along the scanning direction of the carriage and is immovably provided, and
the air blowing unit is provided such that a part or all of the air blowing port is located between the carriage and the medium after printing at a position where the air blowing port overlaps with a part of a movement region of the carriage in plan view.