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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Fujita, Kodaira, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsugaru, Tokorozawa, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a paper holder which includes a shaft portion for supporting roll paper, and a movable member in a predetermined vertical height position near and above a first end portion of the shaft portion. The movable member is configured to be displaced along an extending direction of the shaft portion between a pressing position, in which the movable member is brought into contact with and pressed against an end surface of the roll paper supported by the shaft portion, and a non-pressing position, in which the movable member is not in contact with the end surface of the roll paper. The movable member is also biased toward the non-pressing position. A movable member detector is configured to detect that the movable member is in the non-pressing position, and a remaining amount notifier is configured to notify that a remaining amount of the roll paper is low.