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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1989
Kazumi Hasegawa, Kodaira, JP;
Satoru Sugiyama, Sayama, JP;
Hiromi Hibino, Machida, JP;
Akira Takamura, Inagi, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer of a type ensuring a rapid and easy shift between a mode for effecting printing onto a continuous form and another mode for printing onto a cut sheet, comprises a delivery unit pivotally supported by a printer body frame. When the delivery unit is held at its first operational position wherein a platen fixed to the same unit is disposed close to a printing head, a continuous form delivered from tractors is further delivered along a continuous form feeding path which forms a flat plane, and printing is performed on the aforementioned platen of the delivery unit. On the other hand, when a cassette is mounted to the printer after the delivery unit is moved downward up to a second operational position, a cut sheet delivered from the cassette is delivered along a cut sheet feeding path which forms the same plane as the aforesaid flat plane, to be printed on a platen fixed to the cassette.