Patent ID: 9186900
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing head moving mechanism configured to reciprocate a carriage equipped with a printing head between a printing position facing a recording medium and a retracted position retracted outside a printing region of the recording medium, wherein in the printing position, the carriage is disposed at a downstream side of a transporting roller which is configured to transport the recording medium in a transporting direction of the recording medium, wherein in the retracted position, at least a portion of the carriage is disposed at an upstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction of the recording medium, wherein the carriage is configured to move between the printing position and the retracted position without interfering with the transporting roller, wherein the print head moving mechanism includes a first guide section comprising a carriage shaft and a second guide section comprising a guide rail, the carriage shaft and the guide rail guiding the carriage between the printing position and the retracted position, and the carriage shaft and the guide rail extending along paths which differ from one another, wherein in at least a portion of a moving region between the printing position and the retracted position, wherein the first guide section is configured to guide one end of the carriage in a width direction thereof along the straight moving path, wherein the second guide section is configured to guide a guided portion which is provided in a portion of the carriage, positioned at a front side of the one end of the carriage in a moving direction when the carriage moves from the printing position toward the retracted position, along a moving path including a path portion which extends in a direction away from the straight moving path as the path portion proceeds toward the retracted position, wherein the path portion is an arc-shaped moving path, and wherein the second guide section includes: