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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Ooi In Seng, Singapore, SG;
Tsuyoshi Sanada, Susono Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a printer comprises a housing section and a printer section. The housing section houses a roll-like image receiving medium. The printer section comprises a print head, a platen and a discharge section. The print head prints information on the image receiving medium fed from the housing section. The platen is arranged opposite to the print head and rotates around a rotating shaft. The discharge section discharges the image receiving medium passing through a space between the print head and the platen. The printer section rotates around the rotating shaft independent of the platen.