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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1995
Yuji Yokota, Iwate-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sato, , JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for selecting printing either continuous paper or single sheet paper in a printer having a printing section at which each paper may be printed. Continuous paper is fed on a first path to the printing section. Sheet paper is fed on a second path to the same printing section. Upon a first detector detecting that single sheet paper is in the second path, the continuous paper is retracted back along the first path out of the printing section. Upon a second detector detecting the retraction of the continuous paper out of the printing section, the sheet paper is transported to the printing section along the second path. As a result, only one of the continuous paper or the single sheet paper is at the printing section to be printed at one time.