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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061914 | Printer for printing on sheet paper and orthogonally fed roll paper A printer has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, including a first transportation path P1 and a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation path P1. Th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7435023 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7258500 | Media processing apparatus and scanner unit The media processing apparatus has a first transportation path for guiding the check, a second transportation path and a third transportation path that diverge from the first transportation path, a front scanner that is rendered along the first transportation path f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7056047 | Printing apparatus and method for printing on two printing mediums with substantially perpendicular transportation paths A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6443645 | Printer with cutter blades for printing on rolled paper and slipsheet A cabinet is formed on the top face with an entry opening for rolled paper, and a storage section for accommodating the rolled paper. A cover is provided for opening/closing the entry opening, and the upper front of the cover is provided as a slipsheet en... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6345782 | Printer and control method for the same A printer in which a cover to the roll paper holder in which roll paper is held can be easily opened even when such problems as a roll paper jam occur. Opening and closing a cover (30) to the roll paper loading mechanism (2) of the printer is detected by ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6079887 | Printer with an improved feeding system A printer having an ink jet type printing section for printing on a first cut sheet of paper having a first shape or a second cut sheet of paper having a second shape. A set of transfer rollers is provided adjacent to an insertion aperture for the first c... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5902059 | Printer A print head 6 is disposed next to a transportation path for transporting a cut-sheet form V. A guide frame 17 with a guide member 17a projecting into the transportation path away from the print head 6 is disposed on the cut-sheet form V insertion opening... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5730535 | Simplex and duplex printing system using a reversible duplex path A printing system for producing a print job, the printing system including a print engine for imaging regular substrates, fed to the print engine from a regular substrate feeding apparatus and delivering the imaged regular substrates to an output; and a d... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5651624 | Apparatus for receipt printing having shared pathway with check validation The present invention features a receipt printing and check validating machine. The machine is characterized by a drop-in loading for the receipt paper supply roll. A first drive roller for the receipt printer is pivotably mounted in a clamshell bucket. T... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5490735 | Method of operating a printer A method of operating a printer in which, after positioning of a paper web for printing and the printing of the web, the last printed sheet is removed and the leading edge of the web is retracted in a park position. The retraction of the leading edge of t... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5255989 | Printer device with a thermal print head Printer device with a thermal print head (70), the print line (71) of which is resiliently pressed against a transport roller (45), which, driven by a motor, transports material to be imprinted (50, 51). Profiled guides (42, 46) form a first feed track fo... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5219236 | Recording apparatus capable of recording information on both a continuous recording medium and a cut-sheet recording medium A recording apparatus for recording information on a continuous rolled recording medium, said recording apparatus comprising a fixed unit and a movable unit. The continuous rolled recording medium is exchangeable in the open position of said movable unit.... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5205661 | Printer having continuous paper/cut paper changeover apparatus The invention provides a printer where a continuous paper/cut paper changeover lever for changing over a continuous paper print mode and a cut paper print mode can be smoothly tuned so as to reduce a load on a drive mechanism and improve durability. A pla... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5087142 | Sheet feeder for printers including means to control and detect the sheet A sheet feeder for a printer selectively feeds a continuous sheet and a cut sheet to a printing mechanism including a platen and a print head. The continuous sheet is fed by a pair of pin tractors and the platen while the cut sheet is fed only by the plat... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4961657 | Record media drive mechanism for dot matrix printer A rotating and driving mechanism for a record media feed roller adjacent a printing station. The feed roller is supported by the platen assembly and is movable therewith to provide a path for the record media through the printing station. A plate member i... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4808019 | Unified paper path printer A printer is disclosed having an improved paper feed mechanism. The improved paper feed system has a reduced cost and accepts a wide variety of paper types including continuous forms and single cut sheets fed both by hand and from a paper tray. Furthermor... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4768893 | Continuous paper supply feeder and tracker for a printer A device for clamping and guiding a continuous sheet paper supply to a printer utilizes an inclined frame that supports pairs of rods. The paper from separate supplies passes between the rods. If not in use, the end of the paper is clamped at a convenient... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4662765 | Integrated printer and paper feeding apparatus There is illustrated and described a printing device having an integrated paper feeding apparatus adapted for supplying individual sheets of paper to the printing device to effect printing thereon. The integrated printer and paper feeding apparatus for th... | 05/05/1987 |
