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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Hiroaki Hosomi, Nagano, JP;
Toru Takami, Nagano, JP;
Akio Nomura, Nagano, JP;
Satoshi Nakajima, Nagano, JP;
Yoshiharu Matsumoto, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer in which a rolled recording paper is housed in a main unit, the printer includes: a housing unit which houses the recording paper, and which has plural guiding portions which cause the recording paper to be located at a predetermined position as a roll diameter of the recording paper becomes smaller; and paper end detecting unit having a detecting element, for, when the detecting element enters a space in a core portion of the recording paper, detecting that remaining amount of the recording paper is reduced to a fixed level or less, wherein the paper end detecting unit is rotatably attached to the housing unit such that the detecting element corresponds to one of the guiding portions.