Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.

Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper (P), a medium support unit (20) in which a support surface (20a) that is capable of supporting continuous paper (P) that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections (24A and 24B), which are indented from the support surface (20a), are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface (20a), and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper (P).

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus (printing device) includes a support section that supports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid onto the medium that is supported by the support section, a holding section (carriage) that holds the discharge section, and a pressing section (rollers) that can change the position to a first position for pressing the medium against the support section or to a second position for releasing the medium. The pressing section is placed within an area between the holding section and the support section at the first position, and is placed outside the area between the holding section and the support section at the second position.

Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper (P), a medium support unit (20) in which a support surface (20a) that is capable of supporting continuous paper (P) that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections (24A and 24B), which are indented from the support surface (20a), are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface (20a), and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper (P).

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supporting member, a printing section, an image capturing section, and a receiver. The supporting member is configured to support a continuous form. The printing section is configured to cause ink to adhere to the continuous form supported by the supporting member, thus performing printing. The image capturing section is disposed in the supporting member, with a gap between the image capturing section and the supporting member. The image capturing section is configured to capture an image of the continuous form. The receiver is configured to receive ink. The receiver is disposed below the gap.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus (printing device) includes a support section that supports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid onto the medium that is supported by the support section, a holding section (carriage) that holds the discharge section, and a pressing section (rollers) that can change the position to a first position for pressing the medium against the support section or to a second position for releasing the medium. The pressing section is placed within an area between the holding section and the support section at the first position, and is placed outside the area between the holding section and the support section at the second position.

Abstract: A vibration generator including a coil, a plunger including a first shaft and a second shaft, and a frame. The first shaft is received in the coil such as to be movable in a first direction. The second shaft extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, is disposed on the other side in the first direction relative to the coil with a gap therebetween. The first and second shafts are partly made of a magnetic material so as to be magnetically attractable to the coil and thereby movable to one side in the first direction. The frame is fixed to the first and second shafts at positions on the one and other sides, respectively, in the first direction relative to the coil, and elastically deformable at least partly as a result of movement of the first and second shafts.

Abstract: A positioning method of a photoelectric conversion device (an imaging device) includes irradiating an optical member with light and receiving light which passes through an opening of a light shielding member and the optical member with the photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device is moved in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical member and a first position at which the photoelectric conversion device detects a side of an opening and a second position at which the photoelectric conversion device detects another side opposing the side are acquired. A position of the photoelectric conversion device at which a center of the opening and a center position of the photoelectric conversion device are aligned based on the first position and the second position is determined. The photoelectric conversion device is fixed at the determined position.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supporting member, a printing section, an image capturing section, and a receiver. The supporting member is configured to support a continuous form. The printing section is configured to cause ink to adhere to the continuous form supported by the supporting member, thus performing printing. The image capturing section is disposed in the supporting member, with a gap between the image capturing section and the supporting member. The image capturing section is configured to capture an image of the continuous form. The receiver is configured to receive ink. The receiver is disposed below the gap.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that includes an imaging element for imaging a lower surface of continuous forms paper, an image processing unit that image-processes an image of the lower surface of the continuous forms paper captured by the imaging unit, a cable that electrically connects the imaging unit and the image processing unit with each other, and an electric box that covers the imaging element, the image processing unit, and the cable and functions as an electromagnetic shield.

Abstract: An imaging unit is provided with a cylindrical lens barrel, and an object-side lens which is disposed in the lens barrel and is fixed to the lens barrel using an adhesive. The lens barrel includes three abutting portions and three adhesive portions. The object-side lens abuts the three abutting portions in an optical axis direction of the object-side lens, and the adhesive portions are formed between an outer circumferential surface of the object-side lens and an inner circumferential surface of the lens barrel, and the adhesive is injected therein. The three adhesive portions are formed at an interval in a circumferential direction. The three adhesive portions and the three abutting portions do not overlap each other in plan view as seen from a vertical direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus performing recording with a recording head mounted on a carriage capable of scanning with respect to a recording medium includes a circuit board provided on the carriage; a sheet metal member disposed on an upper surface of the carriage; a flexible wiring member which is disposed to draw around an outer surface of the carriage and makes the circuit board and an apparatus body side to be electrically connected; and a grounding spring which is disposed on the carriage and grounds the sheet metal member to the apparatus body side, wherein the grounding spring serves as a fixing member which fixes the flexible wiring member to the carriage.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that includes an imaging element for imaging a lower surface of continuous forms paper, an image processing unit that image-processes an image of the lower surface of the continuous forms paper captured by the imaging unit, a cable that electrically connects the imaging unit and the image processing unit with each other, and an electric box that covers the imaging element, the image processing unit, and the cable and functions as an electromagnetic shield.

Abstract: A positioning method of a photoelectric conversion device (an imaging device) includes irradiating an optical member with light and receiving light which passes through an opening of a light shielding member and the optical member with the photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device is moved in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical member and a first position at which the photoelectric conversion device detects a side of an opening and a second position at which the photoelectric conversion device detects another side opposing the side are acquired. A position of the photoelectric conversion device at which a center of the opening and a center position of the photoelectric conversion device are aligned based on the first position and the second position is determined. The photoelectric conversion device is fixed at the determined position.

Abstract: An imaging unit is provided with a cylindrical lens barrel, and an object-side lens which is disposed in the lens barrel and is fixed to the lens barrel using an adhesive. The lens barrel includes three abutting portions and three adhesive portions. The object-side lens abuts the three abutting portions in an optical axis direction of the object-side lens, and the adhesive portions are formed between an outer circumferential surface of the object-side lens and an inner circumferential surface of the lens barrel, and the adhesive is injected therein. The three adhesive portions are formed at an interval in a circumferential direction. The three adhesive portions and the three abutting portions do not overlap each other in plan view as seen from a vertical direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints onto a recording medium by causing a print head to move in a main scanning direction includes a flexible cable through which, together with an arc-shaped loop, a signal is transmitted from a control substrate to the print head, a supporting member which is provided at a position which supports a portion of the flexible cable from the print head to the loop, and an insulating film which is provided between the supporting member and the flexible cable.

Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints onto a recording medium by causing a print head to move in a main scanning direction includes a flexible cable through which, together with an arc-shaped loop, a signal is transmitted from a control substrate to the print head, a supporting member which is provided at a position which supports a portion of the flexible cable from the print head to the loop, and an insulating film which is provided between the supporting member and the flexible cable.

Abstract: A recording apparatus performing recording with a recording head mounted on a carriage capable of scanning with respect to a recording medium includes a circuit board provided on the carriage; a sheet metal member disposed on an upper surface of the carriage; a flexible wiring member which is disposed to draw around an outer surface of the carriage and makes the circuit board and an apparatus body side to be electrically connected; and a grounding spring which is disposed on the carriage and grounds the sheet metal member to the apparatus body side, wherein the grounding spring serves as a fixing member which fixes the flexible wiring member to the carriage.

Abstract: [Object] To discharge printed paper to a different position on a single discharge tray by providing a changing means for changing a discharge direction of paper conveyed and discharged from a paper discharge part. [Solving Means] A page printer 10 including a paper discharge part for conveying and discharging printed paper 1 onto a discharge tray 11 is provided with an auxiliary roller 23b which is positioned near the outlet of the paper discharge part and guides the paper 1 on its bottom side, and a roller driving part 30 which is brought into sliding contact with or separated from the paper 1 by moving the auxiliary roller 23b so as to be advanced or retreated to/from the bottom surface of the paper 1, so that the discharge positions of the paper 1 on the discharge tray 11 are made different from each other alternately for each printed data.

Abstract: A roll paper curl correction device has a clamp roller for clamping and transporting roll paper, and a guide member comprising a guide face being positioned in the downstream proximity of the clamp roller and formed so that the roll paper is curved to an opposite side of a curl tendency of the roll paper for coming in contact with the non-print side of the paper roll. The guide face can be a curve face formed so as to curve to the opposite side of the curl tendency of the roll paper.