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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
May. 27, 1994
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A color printer comprises a recording sheet tray 3 capable of storing numerous recording sheets 2, a sheet feed/discharge roller 293 feeding an uppermost recording sheet 2 from the recording sheet tray 3 to a platen roller 7, and a clamp mechanism section 13 clamping a front end of a recording sheet 2 loaded on the platen roller 7 at a predetermined fixed position. A driving device rotates the platen roller 7 to reciprocate the loaded recording sheet 2 in forward and backward directions every time when each of plurality of color images, such as yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C), is printed on the loaded recording sheet 2. A sheet transportation path is defined between the sheet feed/discharge roller 293 and the clamp mechanism section 13 for transporting the loaded recording sheet 2 forward and backward. This sheet transportation path is shorter in length than the recording sheets 2. The sheet feed/discharge roller 293 is released, when the loaded recording sheet 2 is returned backward, from the recording sheets 2 stored in the recording sheet tray 3 so as to provide a clearance through which a rear end of the loaded recording sheet 2 reaches an X position beyond the sheet feed/discharge roller 293.