Sheet feeding device and ink-jet recording apparatus incorporating the same
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHidetoshi Kodama
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Abstract
A sheet feeding device is adapted to feed a recording medium including a first medium provided as a cut-sheet form and a second medium provided as a rolled-sheet form to a recording section at which a recording operation is performed with respect to the recording medium, by ejecting ink droplets thereto. A first sheet feeder is operable to feed the first medium stacked thereon to the recording section. A second sheet feeder is adapted to be detachably attached the first sheet feeder, and operable to feed the second medium to the recording section.
Claims8
A sheet feeding device for feeding a recording medium including a first medium provided as a cut-sheet form and a second medium provided as a rolled-sheet form to a recording section at which a recording operation is performed with respect to the recording medium, by ejecting ink droplets thereto, the sheet feeding device comprising:
- a first sheet feeder, operable to feed the first medium stacked thereon to the recording section;
- a second sheet feeder, adapted to be detachably attached to the first sheet feeder, and operable to feed the second medium to the recording section;
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- a third sheet feeder, adapted to be detachably attached to the second sheet feeder, and operable to feed a third medium in a cut-sheet form having a length longer than a length of the first medium.
An ink-jet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording head, operable to perform a recording operation with respect to a recording medium including a first medium provided as a cut-sheet form and a second medium provided as a rolled-sheet form;
- a first sheet feeder operable to feed the first medium to a first region opposite to the recording head in a first direction;
- a second sheet feeder, adapted to be detachably attached to an upstream end portion of the first sheet feeder relative to the first direction, and operable to feed the first region via the first sheet feeder in the first direction;
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- a third sheet feeder, adapted to be detachably attached to the second sheet feeder, and operable to feed a third medium in a cut-sheet form having a length longer than a length of the first medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.