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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Mitsuo Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Abstract
A stencil printer includes a multistage paper feeding device capable of selectively feeding different kinds of papers and an ink drum shiftable in a direction perpendicular to a direction of paper conveyance, i.e., in the widthwise direction of a paper. A paper is conveyed along a path coincident with a center line connecting the coincident centers of paper stocking portions included in the paper feeding device and the center of a paper discharge tray, so that the paper can be accurately conveyed without any skew. Further, side fences provided on the paper discharge tray are interlocked to each other and movable in the widthwise direction of a paper symmetrically with respect to the center line of the transport path, neatly laying the paper on the tray between the side fences. In addition, the ink drum shiftable in the above direction allows an image position to be adjusted without varying the paper transport path.