Seiko Precision Inc.

Naoki Tanabe

Satoru Tada

Motoharu Sakurai

Mikio Amakasu

The present invention is intended to provide an economical printer which is simple in structure and uses a common tray but is capable of adapting itself to various recording media of different shapes. Adapters in which recording media can be firmly held can be selectively mounted in the tray. An adapter has an oval opening in which a recording medium can be placed. The contour of the adapter can fit into a recessed portion formed in the tray . The recording medium is firmly held in the adapter . When the adapter is mounted in the recessed portion in the tray , a keyway and a protrusion engaging the keyway prevent the adapter from shifting out of position; the adapter is held in the tray . Prints can be made in accurate positions on the recording medium

Printer

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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Saitama-ken, Japan

Naoki Tanabe