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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1984
Yoshikatsu Hirata, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printer having a carriage with a printing head mounted thereon which is moved in a printing region for performing printing operation. The printer comprises a paper holding device having a plurality of pressure rollers and being rotatably supported between a closed position wherein the pressure rollers abut on a platen, and an open position wherein the abutting of the rollers against the platen is released, an urging member to urge the paper holding device at least towards the closed position, and an actuating means being operated while the carriage is moved to one side out of the printing region and moving the paper holding device from the closed position to the open position.