摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing device which can supply power to a drive control part of a carriage without using FFC and avoid cost increase. SOLUTION: The printing device has the carriage equipped with a head for discharging ink, and prints an image on a medium by discharging the ink to the medium through driving of the head during the movement of the carriage. The printing device includes a drive control part provided to the carriage and for driving the head with electric power, and a moving mechanism for moving the carriage. The moving mechanism includes a power source which generates force for moving the carriage, and a conductive transmission member which is connected with the power source and the carriage and moves the carriage by transmitting the force of the power source to the carriage. The electric power is supplied to the drive control part through the conductive transmission member. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |