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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1998
Yutaka Shoji, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shuichi Morio, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shigenori Suematsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahagi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahito Katada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system having a mechanism for fixing a large scale recording medium in a vertical orientation on an electrostatically adsorption plate provided on a base. The fixing mechanism includes a main holding unit provided on the base, a supplementary holding unit detachably fixed on the main holding unit, and a fixing unit for fixing the supplementary holding unit to the main fixing unit. The supplementary holding unit is first detached from the main fixing unit, and is placed on a tabletop. With this posture, a recording medium is fixed to the supplementary holding unit. Then, the supplementary holding unit holding the recording unit is fixed to the main holding unit. In the fixing operation, the fixing unit automatically changes a held fashion of the recording medium from by the supplementary holding unit to by the main holding unit.