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(11) |
EP 0 376 736 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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31.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/44 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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04.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/27 |
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Date of filing: 28.12.1989 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB |
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Priority: |
30.12.1988 JP 331487/88
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Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. |
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Tokyo (JP) |
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Inventor: |
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- Ota, Yukio
7-12 Toranomon 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)
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Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al |
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Venner Shipley & Co.
20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB) |
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Printer with selective paper feed |
(57) A printer capable of printing a relatively narrow uncut sheet (56) or a relatively
wide cut sheet (55) has a paper feeding apparatus for the selective printing. The
paper feeding apparatus includes an uncut sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the
uncut sheet from a roll of the uncut sheet to the gap formed between a printing head
(3) and the platen (57), and a cut sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the cut sheet
to the gap between the printing head (3) and the uncut sheet on the platen (57). The
uncut sheet feeding mechanism and the cut sheet feeding mechanism are selectively
driven to feed either the uncut sheet or the cut sheet (55).