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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1982
Yoshikuni Tatara, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A method and system for semiautomatically setting a sheet of paper in a typewriter, printer and the like is provided. In accordance with the present invention, when a manually operable auto-set lever is moved from a first setting position to a second setting position, pressure and bail rollers are moved away from a platen roller around which a sheet of paper is to be set. At the same time, a carriage is moved to a first predetermined position of its travelling path. After inserting the leading edge of the sheet, when the auto-set lever is returned to the first setting position from the second setting position, the platen roller is driven to rotate with the pressure rollers in pressure contact therewith to advance the sheet over a predetermined distance along its line-feed direction and thereafter the carriage is moved to a second predetermined position during which the bail rollers are moved to press the sheet against the platen roller thereby setting the sheet ready for typing or printing.