Abstract: Apparatus for automatically driving a platen roll and a thermal print head of a color video printer.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically discharging a paper box of a color video printer comprising paper box discharging lever for pushing the paper box toward a predetermined discharging position, the lever rotatably mounted on a main frame of the printer, a sliding lever for causing discharging lever to rotate, the sliding lever movably mounted on the main frame so as to be rectilinearly reciprocated, a sensing member for determining whether the printed paper is received by the paper box, a driving member for selectively driving the sliding lever in accordance with a control signal applied from the sensing member thereto, and an elastic support member for elastically supporting the sliding lever. The paper box discharging apparatus of this invention provides advantage in that it provides the facility in maniuplation of the color video printer and improving the reliability of the printer.