Patent ID: 8550593

Claim:
A printer comprising: a pair of frame panels; a guide shaft of which the ends are supported by the pair of frame panels; a carriage on which a print head is mounted and which moves bidirectionally along the guide shaft; a carriage drive motor having a drive shaft that drives the carriage; a first pulley and a second pulley that are disposed between the pair of frame panels; a belt that is connected to the carriage and is mounted on the first pulley at a first point, the second pulley at a second point, and the carriage drive motor at a third point; a tube that is part of an ink path for supplying ink stored in an ink cartridge to the print head, is disposed between the pair of frame panels, and changes shape in conjunction with carriage movement; wherein the carriage drive motor is disposed in the space in which the tube is located with the drive shaft perpendicular to the scanning plane of the carriage, and the first pulley and the second pulley are disposed to limit the range of bidirectional movement of the carriage so that the maximum width of bidirectional carriage movement is substantially equal to the distance between the pair of frame panels.