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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Nagano, JP;
Kohei Osawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a printer which can print both a paper roll and cut paper, when cut paper is printed, a gap between the cut paper and a platen can be keep fixed. In an ink-jet printer,wherein a printing position for a paper roll,is formed in a part of a printing position,for cut paper,the surface of a platen for a paper roll,defining the printing position for the paper roll,is backed at least by a dimension G equivalent to the thickness of the paper roll from the surface of a platen for cut paper,defining the printing position for the cut paper,When cut paper is printed, a gap between a part of cut paper carried with the part overlapped on a paper roll and the platen is equal to a gap between the other part of the cut paper and the platen. Therefore, the deterioration caused by the variation of the gap of the quality of printing on cut paper can be solved.