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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1988
Seikosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for setting paper on a printer wherein a paper guide having an extending portion extending parallel to a platen is provided opposite to the platen on a printing head reciprocating in parallel with the platen, the paper guide having an opening for exposing an ink ribbon at a position opposite a nose portion of the printing head to provide for printing on a paper inserted between the printing head and the platen, the method including the steps of placing the printing head at a position where the extending portion of the paper guide faces the paper and the opening in the paper guide is displaced away from the paper, feeding the paper between the extending portion and the platen to a position where an upper side of the paper passes beyond the opening, shifting the printing head to substantially a central portion of the cut paper, and thereafter feeding the paper to a printing start position.