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Printing apparatus

  • US 10,639,915 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2016
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:

  • a printing portion which is able to print on a front surface of medium;

    a transport portion which transports the medium; and

    a transport guiding portion that is downstream of the printing portion in a transport direction, the transport guiding portion forming a portion of a transport surface on which the medium is transported,wherein the transport guiding portion is provided with a first guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction upstream side of the medium and a second guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction downstream side of the medium,wherein the first guiding member and the second guiding member are in contact with a back surface of the medium that is not being printed on by the printing portion,wherein the first guiding member and the second guiding member are supported by a common member at an end portion in a direction which intersects with the transport direction, andwherein the first guiding member and the second guiding member are separated, and a distance between the first guiding member and the second guiding member is approximately between 0.1 mm and 1 mm.

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