Sony Corporation

Mitsuo Iwatani

Masatoshi Mikuriya

Hitoshi Kamoda

Yoshio Kajino

Tadao Kashiyama

Hiroaki Takano

A printing apparatus for printing a paper sheet on a platen by a thermal head with a three color image includes a feeding device and a paper ejecting device. The paper feeding device includes feeding rollers, a feeding tray, a feeding lever and a two-stage discharge bay. With the paper feeding device, a receiving plate for receiving a stack of paper sheets is lifted upwardly toward the feeding rollers so as to keep the leading paper sheet in contact with the feeding rollers; at the same time, a discharged sheet is moved from the first to second discharge stage. The feeding lever is adapted for moving the receiving plate slightly downwardly so as to separate the printing paper sheet from the feeding rollers before the rear edge of the sheet passes under the feeding rollers. Shock is thereby avoided when the leading edge of the sheet passes under the roller. After printing, the printed paper sheet is ejected forwardly in the printing apparatus by the ejecting device so as to facilitating removal of the printed paper sheet therefrom.

Printing apparatus with disengageable paper supply and two-stage

A printing apparatus for printing a paper sheet on a platen by a thermal head with a three color image includes a feeding device and a paper ejecting device. The paper feeding device includes feeding rollers, a feeding tray, and a feeding lever. After printing, the printed paper sheet is ejected forwardly in the printing apparatus by the ejecting device to a stepped discharge plate so as to facilitating removal of the printed paper sheet therefrom.

Printing apparatus with pushers on stepped discharge plate

A color ink ribbon positioning system for use with color printing apparatus that uses a color ink ribbon having a plurality of different colored ink regions formed at predetermined intervals on a ribbon base, in which only a single ink region marker block is provided for each set of colored ink regions, includes a detector for detaching the ink region marker block and a calculating unit for determining the leading edge of each color ink region that is to be successively arranged next to the printer head, so that is it only necessary to detect the single marker block in order to advance the ribbon to print the successive colors of a set.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Mitsuo Iwatani