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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1998
Jinichi Morimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Dohi, Tokyo, JP;
Shojiro Asami, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Dusseldorf, DE;
Akio Hitachi, Dusseldorf, DE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An autochanger which can continuously operate a video printing apparatus without having recourse to intervention by an operator which includes a paper feed tray for containing a plurality of recording media and/or an ink ribbon cartridge are loaded in the video printer device to selectively change them as the occasion demands, a magazine which can contain a plurality of paper feed trays and/or ink ribbon cartridges and a conveyance means of paper feed tray and/or ink ribbon cartridge for conveying the paper feed tray and/or the ink ribbon cartridge between the video printer device and the magazine. Therefore, the paper feed tray and the ink ribbon cartridge of the video printer device can be changed by the conveyance means as the occasion demands, so as to realize an autochanger which can continuously operate a video printer device without having recourse to intervention by an operator.