Patent ID: 9033463
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer configured to perform printing by ejecting liquid onto a print medium that is fed in a first direction, the printer comprising: a guide shaft being a shaft member having a center axis extending along a second direction, the second direction being a direction orthogonal to the first direction; a rail member disposed facing the guide shaft, the rail member being a rod-shaped member extending in the second direction; a plurality of print head units, each of the plurality of print head units having an ejection portion configured to eject the liquid toward the print medium; a carriage configured to arrange the plurality of print head units in the first direction and also configured to cause the plurality of print head units to reciprocate in the second direction, the carriage including two support portions, each of the two support portions being provided on a shaft-side end portion, the shaft-side end portion being one end portion of the carriage in the first direction, such that the carriage is slidably supported along the guide shaft by the guide shaft being inserted through each of the two support portions; and a first pressing portion provided on a rail-side end portion, the rail-side end portion being on an opposite side to the shaft-side end portion of the carriage in the first direction, such that the first pressing portion presses a first end portion of the rail member, the first end portion facing the guide shaft; wherein the first pressing portion includes