Patent ID: 8292420

Claim:
Inkjet printer ( 1 ) for printing different media ( 2 ), with a print head arrangement ( 3 ) comprising at least one print head ( 4 ) for printing the medium ( 2 ) and with a printing table ( 11 ) constituting a support plane ( 12 ) for supporting the printing medium ( 2 ), and orifices ( 13 ) of a suction system ( 14 ) are provided in the support plane ( 12 ) in at least certain regions for retaining the printing medium ( 2 ) during the printing operation, as well as a forward feed mechanism ( 6 ) for the printing medium ( 2 ), and the forward feed mechanism ( 6 ) is provided in the form of at least one endlessly circulating conveyor belt ( 15 ), and in the region of the printing table ( 11 ), at least one pressing mechanism ( 16 ) is provided for the printing medium ( 2 ), at least in the region of a side edge oriented in the forward feed direction ( 7 ), with a pressing force which acts in the direction perpendicular to the support plane ( 12 ), wherein the pressing mechanism ( 16 ) is disposed in at least a printing region ( 9 ) of the print head arrangement ( 3 ) and is essentially provided in the form of a flat section ( 27 ) with flat faces ( 28 , 29 ) and longitudinal side edges ( 30 , 31 ) extending in between, and the pressing mechanism ( 16 ) is retained respectively at its ends ( 18 , 19 ) spaced apart from one another in the forward feed direction ( 7 ) on a respective frame part ( 10 , 17 ) of the printer ( 1 ) disposed at a distance apart in the forward feed direction ( 7 ) and oriented transversely to the forward feed direction ( 7 ), in particular perpendicular thereto, and disposed at a distance apart from the support plane ( 12 ) in the direction perpendicular to the support plane ( 12 ).