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(11) EP 0 486 031 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/21

(21) Application number: 91119473.6

(22) Date of filing: 14.11.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 11/48, B41J 11/42, B41J 29/38
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 14.11.1990 JP 307861/90
27.09.1991 JP 249178/91

(71) Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Minowa, Masahiro, c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
    Suwa-shi, Nagano (JP)
  • Ito, Yoshikazu, c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
    Suwa-shi, Nagano (JP)

(74) Representative: Diehl, Hermann O. Th., Dr. et al
Diehl, Glaeser, Hiltl & Partner Patentanwälte Postfach 19 03 65
80603 München
80603 München (DE)


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    (54) Printer and method for controlling the same


    (57) A printer including a mechanism part which permits selective printing on cut sheets (12) of record paper and rolled sheet (11) of record paper, in which the designation of the record paper can be set from a host computer and, if two or more kinds of record paper are designated at the same time, the respective kinds of record paper can be transferred simultaneously to thereby be able to print the printed contents of the cut sheet paper on the continuous paper as well. The printer which can accommodate various kinds of record paper, is simple in structure and highly reliable. It includes an inexpensive printing mechanism (1) which provides a good space efficiency, can selectively print cut sheets (12) and continuous paper (11) with a high efficiency, and can print the printed contents of the cut sheet paper (12) on the roll paper (11) at the same time. A method for controlling the printer is also disclosed.






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