Printer
US6360657B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2224/48247
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer is capable of stably feeding even a thin recording medium to a printing section and obtaining good print quality similar to that obtainable in the case of a thick recording medium. The printer comprises a first supply path for supplying a first recording medium, a second supply path for supplying a second recording medium thicker than the first recording medium, a printing section for printing on a recording medium supplied from the first supply path or the second supply path, and a delivery section for delivering the recording medium printed in the printing section. A guide spring member which is movable up and down is projected upstream of the printing section and in a meeting portion of the first supply path and the second supply path. This guide spring member serves to support a top surface of the first recording medium at a predetermined height.
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