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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1996
Hiroshi Ishida, Nagano, JP;
Shigeki Mizuno, Nagano, JP;
Kenjiro Murakami, Nagano, JP;
Toshikazu Kotaka, Nagano, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuboki, Nagano, JP;
Motoyuki Niimura, Nagano, JP;
Norio Horaguchi, Nagano, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakayama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer wherein a drive roller of a pair of sheet discharge rollers is made of rubber and a driven roller of the pair of sheet discharge rollers is made of synthetic resin; the leading end of a sheet is guided so as to be abutted against the drive roller earlier than the driven roller; the sheet that is in the course of being discharged is guided by a sheet discharge tray so as to come in slidable contact with an edge portion that is on a print head side of a sheet discharge opening. As a result, the printer can provide satisfactory printing conditions quickly with a simple structure and reduce noise leaking from the sheet discharge opening.