US 12,291,022 B2
Printing apparatus
Daisuke Hiruma, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,618.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-155982 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109339 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0022 (2021.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction;
a printing unit configured to cause a liquid to adhere to the medium to perform printing; and
a blowing device including an air blowing port and configured to blow air from the air blowing port to the medium to which the liquid adheres, wherein
a guide member is disposed, at the air blowing port, downstream in an air blowing direction and
an end portion, of the guide member, that faces the medium extends along the transport direction.