Patent ID: 8348415
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording paper transportation path structure that feeds recording paper through a nipping part of a pair of rollers to a top surface of a vacuum platen disposed opposite a print head with an ink nozzle surface facing down, wherein: the rollers are disposed so that the nipping part is positioned on a contact plane that inclines to a top surface side and is positioned on a print head side relative to the top surface; the top surface of the vacuum platen that supports the recording paper has a first surface portion and a second surface portion disposed upstream to the first surface portion in the recording paper transportation direction and that faces up; the second surface portion that guides the recording paper fed from the nipping part is contiguous to the first surface portion, and is formed to an end part of the top surface on the nipping part side and is an inclined surface that downwardly inclines to the first surface portion; and the second surface portion is a guide surface of a height not protruding upwardly above the contact plane.