Seiko Epson Corporation

Michiyo Ichikawa

Kazuo Saito

Masayuki Kumazaki

Seiichi Hirano

Masanori Yoshida

Kenichi Miyazaki

Susumu Murayama

Tsuyoshi Tomii

Yoichi Kobayashi

Kazumi Kamoi

Hiromi Shishiuchi

Noritaka Uchibori

Hayato Nishikaze

Koichi Endo

In a printer, a bottom of an automatic paper feeder is formed by a bottom itself of a printer case; an operation lever is provided for operating a hopper and separation pawls arranged in a stacker section; a spring member is used as a changeover mechanism for a paper feed-in roller; an ink shielding portion is provided over an entire print area; the paper is discharged while forcibly urging the paper in a concave shape in which its printed surface is concaved; and a changeover is effected between a paper feeding operation and a pumping operation by a carriage at both ends of a carriage-moving area.

Printer sheet discharge method

A method of discharging paper by forcibly urging the paper in a concave shape in which a printed surface is rendered concave as viewed in a discharging direction and an ink jet printer including a pair of supporting portions for supporting both side portions of the paper which has been discharged after being printed on an upper surface thereof, and a pushing-down portion for pushing down a central portion of the paper.

Ink jet recording apparatus having an antismear sheet deformation

Printer for electronic computer

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Nagano, Japan

Michiyo Ichikawa