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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuichi Harada, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4006361 ; 400550 ; 4006391 ; 400712 ;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes one detection switch which is operated according to the movements of a carriage and a paper bail unit. The detection signal outputted from the detection switch is used for a control to locate the carriage to an origin position thereof and a control for automatic paper supply. A CPU judges by which one of the carriage and the paper bail unit the detection switch is operated.