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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Akira Anami, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takayuki Shiota, Nagano-ken, JP;
Mamoru Ukita, Nagano-ken, JP;
Narihiro Oki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuo Otsuka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Akira Anami, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takayuki Shiota, Nagano-ken, JP;
Mamoru Ukita, Nagano-ken, JP;
Narihiro Oki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuo Otsuka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus has a recording medium feeding mechanism for feeding a recording medium by one at a time, a recording head for performing recording, a discharging roller having a discharging driven roller and a discharge driving roller and a recording medium stacker capable of being changed to a first position in which recording is performed on a hard recording medium and a second position in which recording is performed on a recording medium fed by the recording medium feeding mechanism, wherein the discharging driven roller is in contact with the discharge driving roller in case the recording medium stacker is in second position, and the discharging driven roller is separated from a recording medium transfer path in case the recording medium stacker is in first position.