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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer having a printer body and a print unit is disclosed. The printer body has an upper surface that supports a sheet in a horizontal plane and a drive roller below the horizontal plane. The print unit has a print head and a driven roller and rotates about the drive roller. The print unit is rotatable to printing and non-printing positions in which the printing unit is above and below the horizontal plane, respectively. A data processing apparatus having a printing unit with a print head, a display unit with a cover and display, and an input body with an upper surface that defines a horizontal plane is also disclosed. The display unit is rotatable to open and closed positions. The printing unit is above the horizontal plane in a printing position when the display unit is in the open position and below the horizontal plane in a non-printing position when the display unit is in the closed position. In the printing position, the print head is in a first orientation, and in the non-printing position, the print head is in a second orientation at about a right angle with respect to the first orientation.