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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicant:
Yasuyuki Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuyuki Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/304 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided which has an eject guide capable of guiding print mediums of different thicknesses, that have been transported there, to a nip portion of the eject rollers of the fixed diameters. To this end, the eject guide is pivotally supported at one end thereof on the platen. The eject guide is positioned with the other end engaged with the chassis. In this state, as the platen moves the eject guide pivots.