A printer includes: a printhead and a platen positioned below the printhead for supporting print media conveyed along a media feed direction through a print zone. The platen has a particle-collection slot upstream of the print zone relative to the media feed direction and a dam wall at a downstream side of the particle-collection slot. The particle-collection slot and the dam wall extend transversely relative to the media feed direction.

A thread-coating system includes: a thread-coating module having a droplet ejector assembly; a thread gatherer positioned upstream of the thread-coating module and configured for arranging a plurality of threads in a thread wall; a thread expander positioned downstream of the thread-coating module for receiving a coated thread wall and expanding the coated thread wall into individual threads. The thread gatherer is configured for adjusting a spacing of threads in the thread wall and an overall height of the thread wall via a pivoting motion.

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle surface and configured to eject liquid from a nozzle formed at the nozzle surface, a wiper configured to perform wiping with respect to the nozzle surface, a condition detection unit configured to detect the inner condition of a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a control unit configured to change wiping conditions for wiping the nozzle surface by using the wiper in accordance with the detected inner condition of the pressure chamber.

A recording apparatus includes an apparatus main body including: a transport unit that transports a medium; a liquid ejecting head that is provided above a transport path for the medium and performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the medium; and an accommodating unit that accommodates a waste liquid container configured to store waste liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, wherein a front surface of the apparatus main body is provided with a front wall and an operable operation unit, which are adjacent to each other in a width direction, and the accommodating unit is located between the front wall and the liquid ejecting head in a depth direction at a position that does not overlap the operation unit in the width direction.

A liquid ejection device includes: a casing; a holder for rotatably supporting a sheet roll including a continuous sheet; a power transmission mechanism positioned beside the holder for transmitting a rotational driving force thereto; a cartridge attachment portion for receiving a cartridge; a conveying mechanism for conveying the continuous sheet to a discharge opening on a front surface of the casing; a head; and a maintenance unit. The holder supporting the sheet roll is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a leftward/rightward direction. The cartridge and the holder are detachably attachable to the casing through an opening thereof. The cartridge attachment portion and the power transmission mechanism are positioned at the same side of the holder in the leftward/rightward direction. An occupying range of the maintenance unit is across respective occupying ranges of the cartridge attachment portion and the power transmission mechanism in the leftward/rightward direction.

A printer includes a transport unit, a first head, a second head disposed downstream of the first head, a first suction unit configured to suction ink mist discharged from the first head, a second suction unit configured to suction ink mist discharged from the second head, and a suction device coupled to the first suction unit and the second suction unit, and configured to generate an airflow for suctioning the ink mist, and a first suction device disposed either one of on a first path from the first suction unit to the suction device, and at the suction device, and configured to adjust a flow rate at the first suction unit, and a second suction device disposed either one of on a second path from the second suction unit to the suction device, and at the suction device, and configured to adjust the flow rate at the second suction unit.

A drop-on-demand plastic card printer includes a tray disposed underneath the plastic card during drop-on-demand printing to catch any overspray that may occur during printing on the plastic card. The tray may be disposable so that the tray is intended to be removed and disposed of. An ink absorbent pad can be disposed in the tray to absorb the oversprayed ink. The ink absorbent pad can be disposed of along with the tray or disposed of separately from the tray.

A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a first storage which stores liquid; a first detector which detects an amount of the liquid in the first storage; a communication hole communicating the first storage and outside; a semipermeable membrane arranged to cover the communication hole; a head unit having at least one nozzle which discharges the liquid supplied from the first storage; a liquid flow channel which communicates the first storage and the head unit; a cap which seals the nozzle of the head unit; a cap movement mechanism which moves the cap; an electrode arranged in the cap and on which the liquid discharged from the nozzle is landed; a second detector connected electrically to the electrode; a suction mechanism which sucks the liquid and gas inside the cap; a waste liquid storage which stores the liquid sucked from inside of the cap by the suction mechanism; and a controller.

A printer includes a line head and a waste liquid tank. The line head is configured to move in an A direction having a component of a horizontal direction and a component of an apparatus height direction and is configured to eject a liquid onto a sheet to make a record. The liquid ejected from the line head is collected in the waste liquid tank. The waste liquid tank is located below the line head in the Z direction. When viewed in the Z direction from top to bottom, a movement area of the line head and a portion of the waste liquid tank overlap each other over a range defined in the Y direction.

There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a head having a nozzle; a carriage; a receiver; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a first flushing processing; a second flushing processing including at least one of a discharge flushing driving and a non-discharge flushing driving of driving; and a printing processing. The first flushing processing is executed in a case that a first count value is not less than a first threshold value, the first count value being an elapsed time since a completion of the first flushing processing. The second flushing processing is executed in a case that a second count value is not less than a second threshold value, the second count value being an elapsed time since a completion of the printing processing.