A processor of a printer conveys a platen relative to a head in a conveyance direction, toward a printing position. The printing position is a position at which a nozzle surface of the head faces the platen in a discharge direction. The printer is provided with a first sensor. The first sensor detects a print medium positioned at a first detection position. The first detection position is a position separated from the nozzle surface in the discharge direction. When the print medium is detected by the first sensor after a start of conveyance of the platen, the processor moves the platen relative to the nozzle surface and separates the platen from the nozzle surface in the discharge direction. After that, the processor conveys the platen relative to the head in the conveyance direction, toward the printing position.

A method is provided for printing a surface of a non-absorbent substrate with an ink to be applied by an inkjet printing device. An ink that contains water as a solvent is used for printing the substrate. An ink having a water content of at least 70% is used. The substrate to be printed is supported by a workpiece support and is moved relative to the inkjet printing device. During this relative movement, ink is applied by the inkjet printing device to the surface of the substrate to be printed. The ink that is applied to the surface of the substrate is heated to a temperature that is above the temperature of the air surrounding the substrate and that is below the boiling point of the solvent contained in the ink. Above a liquid phase of the ink, a vapor layer, consisting of the solvent that is contained in the ink, is formed. The vapor layer that is formed above the liquid phase of the ink is transported away by an air flow emitted by at least one blower nozzle unit. The air output by the respective blower nozzle unit is heated or is dehumidified beforehand. A digital printing press is provided for carrying out this method.

Example implementations relate to printers for printing a printing liquid on a medium, the printer having a media path for the medium; the media path comprising a print platen for receiving the medium from an input media carrier and for outputting the medium to an output media carrier; the media path also comprising a spread roller disposed between the print platen and the output media roller, and the print platen having an associated arcuate surface for orientating the medium towards the spread roller.

A feeding tray includes a first member supported, via a housing member, by a main body of a recording device configured to perform recording onto a medium, and a second member that includes a second support surface configured to support the medium and is coupled to the first member to be movable relatively to the first member, with a transport direction of the medium being a movement direction. The second member includes a second frame body forming an outer peripheral portion of the second member, and a plurality of second ribs spanning across the second frame body to form the second support surface.

A feeding tray includes a first member supported, via a housing member, by a main body of a recording device configured to perform recording onto a medium, and a second member that includes a second support surface configured to support the medium and is coupled to the first member to be movable relatively to the first member, with a transport direction of the medium being a movement direction. The second member includes a second frame body forming an outer peripheral portion of the second member, and a plurality of second ribs spanning across the second frame body to form the second support surface.

A printer is provided with a front linear guide rail, a front linear guide block, a rear linear guide rail, a rear linear guide block, and a carriage. The front linear guide rail extends in a first direction. The front linear guide block is configured to move along the front linear guide rail. The rear linear guide rail is provided in a second direction with respect to the front linear guide rail, and extends in the first direction. The rear linear guide block is configured to move along the rear linear guide rail. The carriage is fixed to the front linear guide block and the rear linear guide block. One of the front linear guide block and the rear linear guide block positions the carriage in the second direction, and the other positions the carriage in a third direction.

A recessed portion is a portion that is provided to an end of a platen in an X direction and is recessed from the supporting surface of the platen. A discharge portion discharges the ink in the recessed portion along a +Y direction. A width of the discharge portion in an X direction is smaller than a width of the recessed portion in the X direction, and a position of the discharge portion in the X direction is arranged on an inner side with respect to a position of an edge of the roll paper. An end side of the discharge path, which is positioned on an inner side of the roll paper in the X direction, is arranged continuously to an end side of the recessed portion, which is positioned on the inner side of the roll paper, on an extension line of the end side.

A printer includes a recording unit, a support portion, a negative pressure chamber, a first sectioned chamber, a second sectioned chamber, a first suction port, and a second suction port. The support portion includes a support face configured to support roller paper. The negative pressure chamber is disposed at an opposite side of the support portion from the recording unit side. The first and the second sectioned chamber include a first and a second bottom surface. The first and the second suction port cause an outside space and the negative pressure chamber to communicate with each other. An opening area of the second suction port is smaller than an opening area of a first suction portion. The second suction port disposed most upstream in the first sectioned chamber is disposed upstream, in the transport direction, of the first suction port disposed most upstream in the second sectioned chamber.

A printer is provided with a head, a platen, a conveyer, and a processor. The head performs printing on a print medium. The platen supports the print medium. The conveyer conveys the platen in a conveyance direction. The processor acquires a platen size. The platen size is a size of the platen in the conveyance direction. When the processor acquires a first platen size, the processor controls a conveyance operation of the platen such that a conveyance time period of the platen between a set position and a printing position is a first time period. When the processor acquires a second platen size, the processor controls the conveyance operation of the platen such that the conveyance time period of the platen between the set position and the printing position is a second time period different from the first time period.

A printer is provided with a head, a platen, a conveyer, and a processor. The head performs printing on a print medium. The platen supports the print medium. The conveyer conveys the platen in a conveyance direction. The processor acquires a platen size. The platen size is a size of the platen in the conveyance direction. When the processor acquires a first platen size, the processor controls a conveyance operation of the platen such that a conveyance time period of the platen between a set position and a printing position is a first time period. When the processor acquires a second platen size, the processor controls the conveyance operation of the platen such that the conveyance time period of the platen between the set position and the printing position is a second time period different from the first time period.