US 12,291,020 B2
Printer
Yoshihiro Nishida, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/359,253.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146211 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083181 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/002 (2013.01) [B41J 29/377 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer for performing printing on a continuous base material that is transported from upstream to downstream, the printer comprising:
a pre-processor that supplies a pre-processing liquid to a first surface of the continuous base material;
a dryer that is located downstream of the pre-processor and dries the pre-processing liquid supplied from the preprocessor to the continuous base material; and
a printing unit that is located downstream of the dryer and performs inkjet printing on the first surface of the continuous base material;
wherein the dryer includes:
a heating roller having a first outer peripheral surface around which the continuous base material is wound, the heating roller heating the continuous base material with the first outer peripheral surface being in contact with a second surface of the continuous base material on a side opposite to the first surface; and
a cooling roller located downstream of the heating roller and having a second outer peripheral surface around which the continuous base material is wound, the second outer peripheral surface having a temperature lower than a temperature of the first outer peripheral surface.