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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Hideyuki Kagawa, Miyagi, JP;
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Abstract
A master making and feeding device for a printer includes a first conveying section and a second conveying section. When the first conveying section is perforating a stencil or after it has perforated a stencil, conveyance drive means drives the second conveying section at a preselected timing in order to feed the leading edge of the stencil to a print drum. At this instant, the conveyance drive means drives the second conveying section such that it conveys the stencil at a higher speed than the first conveying section. The device is capable of reducing a period of time necessary for the leading edge of the perforated stencil to be fed to the print drum and therefore a first print time.