......DE....FRGB..................................R0376736EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319901031EP89313667.119891228enenen331487/8819881230JP19901031199044199007041990275 5B 41J 11/58 A 5B 41J 11/51 B 5B 41J 11/48 BdeDrucker mit wahlweiser PapierzufuhrenPrinter with selective paper feedfrImprimante avec dispositif d'alimentation en papier sélectifOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.0022569203 185577-12, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-kuTokyoJPOta, Yukioc/o OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd7-12 Toranomon 1-chome, Minato-ku, TokyoJPRead, Matthew Charleset al00047911Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little BritainLondon EC1A 7DHGBDEFRGB19901031199044

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).