Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kenji Kanabo

Masaharu Tanaka

Yutaka Miyazono

Hidehiko Inokuchi

Hiroyuki Ogata

A multi-part output paper trayincluding a plurality of tray platestoslidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assemblyso that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assemblyincluding a print head attached thereto for forming an image on recording paper. The extended/collapsed state of the output paper trayis detected by an angle sensor. A print operation is not performed when it is detected by the angle sensorthat the output paper trayis in the housed state, and a print operation is performed when the output paper trayis in the extended state.

Image recording device

An ink jet recording apparatus includes a disc tray which is contained in the recording device and on which a DVD disc is to be placed, a select switch for switching between a protruding state and an accommodated state of the disc tray, and a sheet feed tray on which recording sheets are placed and which are disposed substantially parallel to the disc tray, wherein the select switch, the sheet feed tray and the disc tray are operated on the front side of the ink jet recording apparatus. Further, a disc tray is movable in a printing direction and a tray discharge direction. When the disc tray is loaded into or unloaded from the recording device, the disc tray is transported in the tray discharge direction to move to outside an ink jet recording device. In other cases than the above case, the disc tray is accommodated in the ink jet recording device. Thus, the disc tray is transported into two directions. Therefore, the ink jet recording device is reduced in size in the printing direction, and it is compactly accommodated in a television rack in a home.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Kenji Kanabo