Method and device for feeding and cutting a rolled transfer paper with improved operability
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakahiro Shinga
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Abstract
A paper feeding device and method, wherein a tray including a paper loading unit, a paper feeding device, a paper cutting device is slid out of a main body of an image forming apparatus. When a new rolled transfer paper is loaded in the paper loading unit, the rolled transfer paper is conveyed so that a tip portion thereof is discharged from a rolled transfer paper outlet of the tray. The discharged tip portion of the rolled transfer paper is cut by the paper cutting device.
Claims4
A paper feeding and cutting method for a rolled transfer paper, comprising the steps of:
- sliding a tray out of an image forming apparatus, said tray including a paper loading unit, a paper feeding device, and paper cutting device;
- loading a new rolled transfer paper in said paper loading unit;
- feeding the rolled transfer paper using said paper feeding device such that a leading edge of the rolled transfer paper is discharged from a discharging outlet of said tray;
- and
- cutting the discharged tip portion of the rolled transfer paper using said paper cutting device before returning the tray to the image forming apparatus.
A paper feeding and cutting method for a rolled transfer paper, comprising the steps of:
- sliding a tray out of an image forming apparatus, said tray including a paper loading unit, a paper feeding device, a paper cutting device, and a manually-operated feed switch;
- loading a new rolled transfer paper in said paper loading unit;
- feeding the rolled transfer paper using said paper feeding device actuated via the manually-operated feed switch such that a leading edge of the rolled transfer paper is discharged from a discharging outlet of said tray;
- and
- cutting the discharged tip portion of the rolled transfer paper using said paper cutting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.