US 12,251,937 B2
Printing apparatus and printing method
Seiji Ihara, Azumino (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,295.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-193503 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166513 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16552 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04501 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16555 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a support portion configured to support a recording medium;
a printing head configured to reciprocate along the support portion, and discharge a droplet onto the recording medium supported by the support portion at least in a forward route or backward route of the reciprocation, to perform printing; and
an air blowing unit disposed on at least one of two sides of the support portion in a reciprocation direction, that is a direction in which the printing head moves along with the reciprocation, and configured to blow an airflow to a nozzle surface of the printing head that performs the reciprocation,
wherein an air blowing port of the air blowing unit is disposed at a position where the printing head stops when a movement direction of the printing head in the reciprocation is switched, in the reciprocation direction, and the air blowing port is disposed at a position facing the printing head.