US 12,447,758 B2
Printing apparatus
Koki Fukasawa, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,684.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-103979 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415498 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0085 (2013.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a transport unit configured to apply a transport force to a printing medium and transport the printing medium;
a printing unit configured to perform printing on the printing medium transported;
a support portion including a support face configured to support the printing medium at a position upstream of the transport unit a transport direction in which the transport unit transports the printing medium; and
a suction force applying unit configured to apply, to the printing medium transported along the support face, a suction force attracting the printing medium to the support face, thereby generating a surface pressure based on the suction force between the printing medium and the support face,
wherein both the support portion and the suction force apply unit are upstream of the transport unit and the printing unit in the transport direction in which the transport unit transports the printing medium.