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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Kazuo Saito, Nagano, JP;
Masayuki Kumazaki, Nagano, JP;
Michiyo Ichikawa, Nagano, JP;
Yoichi Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tomii, Nagano, JP;
Koichi Endo, Nagano, JP;
Hayato Nishikaze, Nagano, JP;
Seiichi Hirano, Nagano, JP;
Susumu Murayama, Nagano, JP;
Kenichi Miyazaki, Nagano, JP;
Kazumi Kamoi, Nagano, JP;
Hiromi Shishiuchi, Nagano, JP;
Masanori Yoshida, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a printer, a bottom of an automatic paper feeder is formed by a bottom itself of a printer case; an operation lever is provided for operating a hopper and separation pawls arranged in a stacker section; a spring member is used as a changeover mechanism for a paper feed-in roller; an ink shielding portion is provided over an entire print area; the paper is discharged while forcibly urging the paper in a concave shape in which its printed surface is concaved; and a changeover is effected between a paper feeding operation and a pumping operation by a carriage at both ends of a carriage-moving area.