LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND MEDIUM PRESSING METHOD

• Main Authors: TAMAKI TAKAYUKI, KATAOKA HIDEYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 16.03.2017
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid discharge device and a medium pressing method which inhibit lifting of a medium when a pressing part is disposed at a position, at which the pressing part may press the medium, and inhibit the pressing part from contacting with a discharge part and a holding part for holding the discharge part when the pressing part is retreated.SOLUTION: A liquid discharge device (a printer) includes: a supporting part 50 which supports a medium M; a discharge part 41 which discharges a liquid to the medium M supported by the supporting part 50; a holding part (a carriage 42) which holds the discharge part 41; and a pressing part (a roller 152) which may be displaced to a first position P1, at which the pressing part presses the medium M toward the supporting part 50, and a second position P2, at which the pressing part does not press the medium M. The pressing part is positioned in an area between the holding part and the supporting part 50 at the first position P1 and positioned outside the area between the holding part and the supporting part 50 at the second position P2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】媒体を押さえることのできる位置に押さえ部を配置した場合には媒体の浮き上がりを抑制し、押さえ部を退避させた場合には当該押さえ部が吐出部や当該吐出部を保持する保持部に接触することを抑制することができる液体吐出装置及び媒体押さえ方法を提供する。【解決手段】液体吐出装置（印刷装置）は、媒体Ｍを支持する支持部５０と、支持部５０に支持された媒体Ｍに液体を吐出する吐出部４１と、吐出部４１を保持する保持部（キャリッジ４２）と、媒体Ｍを支持部５０に向けて押さえる第１の位置Ｐ１と、媒体Ｍを押さえない第２の位置Ｐ２と、に変位可能な押さえ部（ローラー１５２）と、を備え、押さえ部は、第１の位置Ｐ１において保持部と支持部５０との間の領域内に位置し、第２の位置Ｐ２において保持部と支持部５０との間の領域外に位置する。【選択図】図４