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Recording apparatus

US8708476B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2011
Grant dateApr 29, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J15/16
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A recording medium includes: a recording head ejecting fluid onto a recording medium; a transporting device transporting the recording medium along a supporting surface; and a heating device heating the recording medium on the supporting surface, in which a control device that protrudes the supporting surface upward toward the center portion from both ends in the width direction perpendicular to the transport direction which is direction the recording medium is transported, and controls the amount of protrusion at the center portion in accordance with the amount of thermal extension in the width direction of the recording medium due to heating of the heating device.

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