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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Kazuo Saito, Nagano, JP;
Hideyuki Kataoka, Nagano, JP;
Seiji Kawabata, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To discharge printed paper to a different position on a single discharge tray by providing a changing means for changing a discharge direction of paper conveyed and discharged from a paper discharge part. [Solving Means] A page printerincluding a paper discharge part for conveying and discharging printed paperonto a discharge trayis provided with an auxiliary rollerwhich is positioned near the outlet of the paper discharge part and guides the paperon its bottom side, and a roller driving partwhich is brought into sliding contact with or separated from the paperby moving the auxiliary rollerso as to be advanced or retreated to/from the bottom surface of the paper, so that the discharge positions of the paperon the discharge trayare made different from each other alternately for each printed data.