Patent ID: 11932039
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method of pretreatment for a pretreatment device comprising:
a medium support portion configured to support a medium that is transported;
a pretreatment-agent ejecting portion configured to eject a pretreatment agent;
an absorbing-member support portion configured to support an absorbing member between the medium and the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion in a direction in which the pretreatment agent is ejected, the absorbing member being configured to absorb the pretreatment agent ejected from the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion; and
a pressing unit configured to press, toward the medium, the absorbing member to which the pretreatment agent is ejected from the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion,
the method comprising:
ejecting the pretreatment agent from the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion onto the absorbing member; and
pressing, by the pressing unit, toward the medium the absorbing member to which the pretreatment agent is ejected to transfer, to the medium, the pretreatment agent absorbed by the absorbing member.