Patent ID: 8641185

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a conveyance roller configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; a guide configured to support the medium, the guide being disposed at an upstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller, the guide having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface facing and supporting the medium thereon, the second surface being opposed to the first surface in a direction in which the first surface supports the medium, the guide further having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed of the first surface and the second surface that extend parallel with respect to each other in the conveyance direction and have a first thickness therebetween in the direction in which the first surface supports the medium, the second portion being disposed at a downstream end of the guide in the conveyance direction and formed of the first surface and the second surface that have a second thickness in the direction in which the first surface supports the medium, the second thickness being smaller than the first thickness; and a head configured to eject ink and print on the medium at a downstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller; the first surface of the guide being positioned higher than a line tangent to the conveyance roller at a position of contact between the conveyance roller and the medium.