Printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245848-B2
Application number	US-201715805637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2016
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints on a roll paper, a transporting unit that transports the roll paper having been printed on along a transport surface, and a drying unit that performs a drying process (post-process) on the roll paper on the transport surface. The drying unit includes a cover (casing) that covers the roll paper on the transport surface. The cover has an inspection window that allows the roll paper on the transport surface to be visually inspected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing unit that prints on a printing medium;
a transporting unit that transports the printing medium having been printed on along a transport surface; and
a post-process unit that performs a post-process on the printing medium on the transport surface,
wherein the post-process unit includes a cover that covers the printing medium on the transport surface, and
wherein the cover has an inspection window that allows the printing medium on the transport surface to be visually inspected.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the post-process unit includes a heating unit that performs a heating process on the printing medium, and
wherein the cover is provided so as to cover the heating unit.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the post-process unit includes a radiating unit that radiates an electromagnetic wave to the printing medium, and
wherein the cover is provided so as to cover the radiating unit.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the post-process unit is provided with a shutter capable of covering the inspection window.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection window is one of a plurality of inspection windows provided in the cover.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection window has a transparent plate member.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the transparent plate member is provided so as to extend in a direction that intersects a horizontal direction.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Horie Seijun
• Majima Atsushi

Classifications

• B41J11/002

  Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating · CPC title

• B41J2/175

  Ink supply systems {; Circuit parts therefor} · CPC title

• B41J11/0015 Primary

  for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114) · CPC title

• B41J29/377

  Cooling or ventilating arrangements · CPC title

• B41J2/16535

  using wiping constructions (B41J2/16552 takes precedence) · CPC title