Apparatus for handling and printing two-ply fanfold paper

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EP 0 407 208 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/43

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/02

(21)	Application number: 90307389.8

(22)	Date of filing: 06.07.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B41J 15/20, B65H 41/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

07.07.1989 US 376787

(71)	Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
	Dayton, Ohio 45479 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Simoes, Felipe Oliveira Ontario N2L 5L7 (CA) Zink, Murray Robert Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1P6 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Robinson, Robert George
	International Patent Department NCR Limited 915 High Road North Finchley London N12 8QJ London N12 8QJ (GB)

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(54)	Apparatus for handling and printing two-ply fanfold paper

(57) A separator bar (310) is wedged between the first and second plies (306,308) prior to feeding the paper through a printer (312), where the plies are merged together in their pre-separated relative positions. After leaving the printer (312), the first and second plies travel on separate paths, allowing a user to access one ply (306) for verification and checking, while the other ply (308) is automatically refolded and stacked neatly as a permanent copy in a retaining portion (318) of the apparatus.

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