Patent ID: 9073355
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a delivery section having a winding shaft winding a recording medium; a printing section having a recording head moving back and forth along a transporting direction of the recording medium, the recording medium supported by a support surface; and a take-up section having a take-up shaft winding up the recording medium after printing, and wherein the delivery section, the printing section and the take-up section are horizontally located in a line in order, and further comprising: a cover, provided in the printing section, that is capable of being opened and closed; and a blowing unit, mounted to the cover, that is capable of blowing air only towards the entirety of the support surface on which the recording medium is supported when the cover is in the closed state and while the recording head moves back and forth, the blowing unit being movable with the cover and vertically above the recording medium when the cover is in both an open state and a closed state, in the open state the blowing unit being orientated transversely to an orientation of the blowing unit in the closed state, the blowing unit configured to blow the air such that an air force is substantially uniform in a vicinity of the support surface, wherein the blowing unit is arranged such that a flight direction of ink droplets ejected by the printing section are unaffected by the blown air.