Patent ID: 7661361
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H01G,H05K

Abstract:
1. A printing and drying method comprising: laying a support sheet elongated in a long direction of said support sheet so as to bridge both a printing zone and a drying zone, giving a first tension along said support sheet and in that state printing predetermined patterns on the support sheet in said printing zone, feeding the support sheet toward said drying zone, and giving a second tension along the support sheet printed with the predetermined patterns in said drying zone and in that state drying in a drying chamber, wherein said first tension and second tension are given by separate tension giving means, said second tension is set to be able to prevent shrinkage of the support sheet in the long direction while passing through the drying zone, and configuring so that a metal sheet contacts said support sheet in a predetermined range of length from the inlet of said drying zone toward the inside of the drying zone.