Patent ID: 9050836
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a transfer belt that has a plurality of belt holes, attracts and holds a sheet on a transfer surface, and moves to transfer the sheet; a suction device that sucks air through the plurality of belt holes to attract the sheet onto the transfer surface of the transfer belt; a printer that has a head row in which a plurality of ink heads, each discharging an ink droplet from a discharge surface thereof facing the transfer surface is aligned along a main scanning direction orthogonal to a transfer direction of the sheet, and a head holder that holds the plurality of the ink heads; and a sheet pressing roller that is arranged in parallel to the plurality of ink heads on a line formed by the head row, the sheet pressing roller presses the sheet onto the transfer surface while rotating, wherein the sheet pressing roller is a supported by a pair of support portions fixedly arranged on the head holder on one end side and the other end side of the sheet pressing roller; and the plurality of belt holes is arranged on the transfer belt so that each of the plurality of belt holes are positioned directly below one of the support portions, while the transfer belt is moving.