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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Masahiko Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer that is able to accommodate rolled papers of different widths. The printer includes a rolled-paper holder and a partitioning member. The rolled-paper holder includes a bottom wall having a first contact bottom portion and a second contact bottom portion, a first contact side wall, and a second contact side wall, wherein the sidewalls are substantially parallel to each other. The partitioning member includes a third contact side portion arrangeable in parallel to the first contact side wall and the second contact side wall, a third contact bottom portion that is brought into elastic contact with the bottom wall at a predetermined elasticity and may be stopped there by engagement, and a coupling portion that may be coupled to the second contact side wall.