US 12,077,011 B2
Printing apparatus, printing system and printing method for printing apparatus
Shin Komatsu, Shiojiri (JP); Satoru Kobayashi, Shiojiri (JP); Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno-machi (JP); Yoshitaka Miyajima, Matsumoto (JP); and Saeko Maruyama, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,230.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-218889 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203748 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/485 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 7/0018 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a housing having a cover;
a transport belt including a support unit configured to support a medium, the transport belt being configured to transport a medium by moving the support unit;
a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto a medium supported by the support unit; and
a dyeing unit configured to perform dyeing by immersing a medium in dyeing liquid, wherein
the printing apparatus is configured to perform printing on a medium by combining dyeing by the dyeing unit and ejecting by the liquid ejecting unit, and
the cover covers transport belt, the liquid ejecting unit, and the dyeing unit.