Printer
AssigneeTohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
InventorsIsamu Suzuki, Genzi Oshino, Masayoshi Kikuchi, Makoto Saitou, Susumu Yagi
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Abstract
A printer comprising a paper storage section provided at the lower portion of a printer body, a feed roller and a pinch roller for feeding paper being brought into contact with each other under pressure and positioned over the paper storage section inside the printer body, a thermal head and a platen capable of pressing and holding the paper therebetween and positioned at the downstream side of the feed roller in the paper feed direction, and a discharge tray for receiving the printed paper and positioned over the paper storage section at the downstream side of the thermal head in the paper feed direction.
Claims10
A printer for printing on paper fed by a paper feed section from a paper storage section by a thermal head and a platen provided inside a printer body and discharging a printed paper to a paper discharge section,
- wherein the paper storage section is placed at a lower portion of the printer body,
- the paper feed section, the thermal head and the platen are respectively placed in the printer body and positioned over the paper storage section, and
- the paper discharge section is placed at a downstream side of the thermal head in a paper feed direction and positioned over the paper storage section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.