Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a housing configured to accommodating an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet; and a conveying mechanism configured to at least partially define a conveying path for guiding the sheet to the image forming portion, wherein the conveying mechanism includes a first conveying element including an upstream end on which a feeding assembly for feeding the sheet is formed, and a second conveying element confronting the first conveying element to form the conveying path in cooperation with the first conveying element, and the housing includes a rail configured to guide displacement of the second conveying element from a first position where the second conveying element forms the conveying path along the first conveying element to a second position where the second conveying element is away from the first conveying element.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus including: a first convey path; a support member which supports a first recording medium, a second recording medium, and a tray; a second convey path connected to the first convey path; a first guide member partly defining the second convey path; and a posture change mechanism which changes the support member and the first guide member between (a) a first posture in which the first convey path has a height allowing the first recording medium to pass therethrough, and the second convey path has a height allowing the first recording medium to pass therethrough and (b) a second posture in which the first convey path has a height larger than the first height and allowing the second recording medium or the tray to pass therethrough, and the second convey path has a height smaller than the second height.

Abstract: Provided is a printer capable of minimizing paper jam with a simple configuration, preventing a recording sheet from being caught around a platen roller, and quickly performing removal of the recording sheet. The printer includes: a main unit (10) including a platen roller (5); and a detachable unit (11) including a recording head (6). The main unit includes: a wall portion (130) provided on a downstream side in a feeding direction of the recording sheet with respect to the platen roller; a guide member (131) supported at an upper end of the wall portion; and a stopper portion (132) which is provided on a downstream side in a rotating direction of the platen roller with respect to the guide member, and defines, between the platen roller and the wall portion, a retention space (C) in which the recording sheet having passed through a gap between an opposed surface (131b) of the guide member and the outer peripheral surface of the platen roller is retained.

Abstract: The present invention provides method capable of easily correcting inclination of a lenticular sheet. When the front end of the lenticular sheet 3 contacts the left receiving pin and is carried further, the lenticular sheet 3 will incline in the anticlockwise direction to contact with the left and right receiving pin. When the lenticular sheet 3 is carried in the sub scanning direction, an adjustment azimuth angle is calculated based on detection signals output from lens sensors. Based on the adjustment azimuth angle, an inclination correction control unit forwardly-rotates motors in a state wherein the connection between a left and right driving shaft is released and rotates the left motor faster than the right motor and the damper rotates in the clockwise direction. The inclination correction control unit rotates the damper in the clockwise direction until the adjustment azimuth angle becomes zero, and then stops the rotations of the motors.

Abstract: Medium engaging members are rotatable about an axle. In one embodiment, the members have filed hubs asymmetrically extending towards one another. In another embodiment, the members have centers of mass such that the members lean into abutment with one another.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording sheet, a casing which houses the image forming unit and holds the image forming units, a conveying roller which applies a conveying force to the recording sheet by contacting with the recording sheet, a first roller which is fixed to a position confronting the conveying roller, the first roller pushing the recording sheet toward the conveying roller and being rotatable, a second roller which is arranged at a position confront the conveying roller and downstream side of the first roller in a conveying direction, the second roller being displaceable, and a roller displacing mechanism which displaces the second roller in such a manner as to change a distance between the second roller and the conveying roller.

Abstract: A media edge guide assembly for use in an imaging apparatus having a media supply source includes a first edge guide portion and a second edge guide portion. The first edge guide portion and the second edge guide portion are arranged to have an axis of rotation passing through the first edge guide portion and the second edge guide portion. The first edge guide portion and the second edge guide portion are laterally interconnected to facilitate movement as a unit in a lateral direction along the axis of rotation, and the first edge guide portion and the second edge guide portion are configured to be rotationally disconnected with respect to the axis of rotation to permit the first edge guide portion to rotate around the axis of rotation independent of the second edge guide portion.

Abstract: A printer having a printer deck and a media support mechanism having a flexible biased mount is provided. In one configuration, the media support mechanism includes an adjustable side guide that is mounted in a biased clamp mechanism. The biased clamp mechanism includes opposing clamps arranged in the same plane that each have two portions with at least one biased toward the other portion. Each opposing clamp includes a top portion and a bottom portion fixed to the printer deck by a shoulder bolt wherein the bottom portion engages a coil spring and is spring biased from the deck toward the top portion of the clamp to engage the mounting portion of the side guide. The coil springs are selected to apply sufficient force to facilitate holding the side guide sufficiently in place during operation and to also allow a reasonable force to adjust the width of the side guide.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a placement surface on which a sheet to be transported is placed; a fixed guide which abuts against one side edge of the sheet; a movable guide which abuts against the other side edge of the sheet; a sheet feeding roller which abuts against a surface of the sheet at a position which is at the side of the fixed guide; an abutment member which is provided on the movable guide. The abutment member has a side surface opposed to the fixed guide in the width direction, and the side surface is formed into a slant shape such that as a portion of the side surface is nearer to the fixed guide in the width direction, a distance between the portion of the side surface and the placement surface is increased.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first transport unit; a second transport unit that is installed in a recording portion side of the downstream from the first transport unit and transports the medium to an upstream side and the downstream side; a first transport path that guides the medium between the first transport unit and the second transport unit; a second transport path that reverses both sides of the medium; and a third transport path that is installed on the second transport path, the second transport unit reversely transports the medium to the upstream side at a transport speed V1 and put it into the second transport path, the transport speed of the third transport unit, which is driven at the transport speed V1, is changed to a transport speed V2 which is higher than the transport speed V1.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a supporting surface including a curved surface that is convex in a direction opposite to gravity, the supporting surface supporting a sheet under the weight of the sheet, wherein an air venting path is disposed at the supporting surface, the air venting path allowing air to be vented from an air space between the supporting surface and the sheet placed on the supporting surface; a holding section holding an end of the sheet, the sheet drooping toward both sides of the supporting surface; and a feeding path through which the sheet is fed from the holding section side to a processing unit.

Abstract: A printer enables setting fanfold paper inserted from a paper inlet to a horizontal transportation path that passes the printing position without paper jams occurring. The horizontal paper transportation path is positioned downstream of a first transportation path that extends from the paper inlet and a second transportation path that extends from a roll paper compartment, all of which are formed inside the printer. An attachment of an access cover to the roll paper compartment forms an intermediate paper path that renders the first and horizontal paper paths continuous at a junction near the convergence of the first and second paper transportation paths. The intermediate paper transportation path not only renders a continuous path for the fanfold paper from the paper inlet to the printing position, it smoothes the flow of the fanfold paper to the horizontal paper transportation path.

Abstract: The image coding apparatus includes conveying unit configured to convey a roll-shaped recording medium, a recording head adapted to record an image on the recording medium, a guide member configured for guiding the recording medium, and a cutting unit configured to cut the recording medium, wherein the guide member is provided with at least one friction member on a surface of the guide member, the at least one friction member configured to come into contact with the recording medium.

Abstract: The invention describes a method and system for correct positioning of a plurality of edge guides of a media source assembly. The system senses the proximity of documents with the plurality of edge guides by employing one or more sensors. Based on the sensed proximity, the one or more sensors provide notifications to the user through one or more indicators.

Abstract: An inkjet-recording device includes a recording head, a platen, a conveying member, and a movable supporting member. The recording head ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium. The platen is disposed in confrontation with the recording head to support the recording medium while keeping a predetermined distance from the recording head. The conveying member conveys the recording medium in a conveying direction. The movable supporting member is linked to the conveying member to slide in the conveying direction while supporting the recording medium.

Abstract: A paper storage apparatus for stacking and storing paper in sequence comprising a first discharge roller 21 for discharging paper (check S1) in a specified discharge direction; a paper storage pocket (check storage pocket 12) for stacking the paper at a position offset from the specified direction in which the check S1 is transported by the first discharge roller 21, a movable first guide member (paper guide 60) having a first position disposed at an inclined angle relative to the direction the check S1 is discharged by the first discharge roller 21, for guiding the check S1 into the storage pocket 12, and a second position displaced from the first position for applying pressure upon the check(s)in the check storage pocket 12 and a movable second guide member (paper shift lever) 40 positioned between the first discharge roller 21 and first guide member (paper guide 60) which pivots from a first position in response to the leading edge of the paper to allow the paper to advance into a second position for urgin

Abstract: A device for compensating for the variation in width of a flexible print support (1) progressing through a multicolour printing machine, between successive rotary printing assemblies, by a stream of air directed towards the print support in order to alter its flatness, includes at least one pair of deflectors (2) positioned symmetrically one on each side of the line of travel of the print support, each deflector (2) including an air blowing chamber (6) opening onto the surface (11) of the deflector that faces towards the print support and being directed towards the rear of the deflector in the direction of travel of the support, so as to produce an air stream in the form of a flat sheet of air capable, at the same time, of making it easier to keep the support away from the surface of the deflector and to continue forced travel of the print support.

Abstract: A transport system includes a guide, operable to guide a transported medium in a transport direction; a driver, disposed at a downstream side of the guide in the transport direction, and operable to come into contact with a bottom surface of the transported medium; a presser, disposed between the guide and the driver, and operable to be displaced between a pressing position where the presser presses an upper surface of the transported medium toward the driver and a non-pressing position where the presser is separated from the upper surface of the transported medium; and a changer, adapted to be engaged with the transported medium so as to displace the presser to the pressing position from the non-pressing position, wherein a leading end of the transported medium reaches the driver before or at a time when the presser presses the transported medium.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveying roller to convey a paper, a guide member to guide the paper conveyed by the conveying roller, a pressurizing roller to pressurize the paper guided by the guide member, and a heat transferring unit faced towards the pressurizing roller, the heat transferring unit being contacted with the paper to sequentially heat a surface of the paper. Thus, the image forming apparatus prevents a front end of the paper which is conveyed in an image forming unit from being caught during the conveyance.

Abstract: A paper storage apparatus for stacking and storing paper in sequence comprising a first discharge roller 21 for discharging paper (check S1) in a specified discharge direction; a paper storage pocket (check storage pocket 12) for stacking the paper at a position offset from the specified direction in which the check S1 is transported by the first discharge roller 21, a movable first guide member (paper guide 60) having a first position disposed at an inclined angle relative to the direction the check S1 is discharged by the first discharge roller 21, for guiding the check S1 into the storage pocket 12, and a second position displaced from the first position for applying pressure upon the check(s)in the check storage pocket 12 and a movable second guide member (paper shift lever) 40 positioned between the first discharge roller 21 and first guide member (paper guide 60) which pivots from a first position in response to the leading edge of the paper to allow the paper to advance into a second position for urgin

Abstract: A medium feeding unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes: a cassette frame to load a printable medium; a guiding member disposed inside the cassette frame to move in a widthwise direction of the printable medium, and to guide the printable medium; and a stopper disposed rotatably to the cassette frame to regulate movement of the guiding member.

Abstract: A printer with an elongated media output port is disclosed. The printer may be used for a digital tachograph of a motor vehicle. The printer includes at least one bearing surface which limits the media output in the transverse direction and along which the printing medium slides during output. The boundary conditions for the operation of a small-format printer in a digital tachograph of a motor vehicle makes it necessary that the media output port has to be sealed off against the ingress of harmful media. Therefore, the media output port includes an elongate sealing closure which is movable in the transverse direction and presses elastically against the bearing surface by a sealing feed guide. The printing medium is capable of being outputted between the bearing surface and the sealing closure in an output direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sheet material stocking mechanism providing a large stocking capacity with a small space and a printer equipped with such a stocking mechanism. A thermal printer is composed of a roll accommodating unit (2) retaining a heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1) wound into a roll, a printing unit including a printing thermal head (4) for performing printing on the heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1), a cutter unit (3) for cutting the heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1), a stocking unit including a take-up device (10) which takes up the heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1) that has undergone printing in a cylindrical form to stock it temporarily, and a thermal activation unit including a thermal activation thermal head (6) that thermally activates a heat sensitive adhesive agent layer of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet (1).

Abstract: In a printer (1) using a cassette-type ink ribbon, a paper exit (8) serves also as an ink ribbon inlet. A paper cutter (11) is located in a position where it restricts an exit course for a paper sheet. A part of the upper surface of a head cover (9) is once raised, and a slope (10) is then extended toward a print gap. The slope (10) serves as a ribbon guide surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of guiding a printing medium in a smooth manner by minimizing resistance to the printing medium feed and preventing a developer from adhering and accumulating on a printing medium guide device. The image forming apparatus includes a printing medium guide device to guide a printing medium in a print path to a discharge path or guide the printing medium in the discharge path to a reverse path, and the printing medium guide device includes rollers to rotate by contacting the printing medium.

Abstract: A guide device includes a pair of side guides configured to guide a sheet in a first direction, and a sliding mechanism configured to support the side guides and to slide the side guides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between a first position and a second position. The guide device also includes a pinion rotatably positioned at the tray between the side guides, and a plurality of rack members, in which each of the rack members is connected to and extends from a corresponding one of the side guides in the second direction, and includes a rack which engages the pinion. In addition, each of the rack members is configured to move in the second direction in response to a sliding of the side guides. The guide device further includes a plurality of slide guides positioned at the tray, in which each of the slide guides is configured to guide the rack members when the rack member move in the second direction.

Abstract: A printer includes a supporting member, a print head and a guide member. The supporting member is configured to support a sheet print medium on an upper surface of the supporting member. The print head is provided to print on the sheet print medium fed onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member is configured to guide the sheet print medium to feed the sheet print medium onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member includes at least one guide collar around which the sheet print medium is wound and a guide bar provided in the at least one guide collar so that the at least one guide collar is rotatable around the guide bar.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided and includes a platen roller and a thermal printing head. The thermal printing head is elastically biased toward the platen roller and rotates about a pivot of the platen roller for moving between first and second positions to faces first and second surfaces of a medium. A transfer portion has driving and driven rollers which are rotatably engageable with each other to transfer the media. A guiding unit reduces a difference of media transfer force of the transfer portion when the thermal printing head is respectively located in the first and second positions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring gaming voucher layouts are described herein. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, in a gaming machine, a gaming voucher layout defining a print layout for a gaming voucher. The method can also include loading the gaming voucher layout into a printer, where the printer is part of the gaming machine.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus capable of properly feeding papers in the body thereof and reliably suppressing wrinkling easily caused on cross-directional ends of an ink sheet is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a print head, including a print portion pressing an ink sheet, capable of printing an image on a paper, a paper guide member guiding a transport direction for the paper when feeding the paper and an ink sheet guide member, having a central portion convexed toward a take-up direction for the ink sheet with respect to the print head in plan view, for guiding transportation of the ink sheet in printing, while a region of the paper guide member corresponding to a cross-directional end of the ink sheet integrally includes an ink sheet contact portion so shaped as to apply tension to the cross-directional end of the ink sheet.

Abstract: A recording medium conveying device comprising: a master roll holder to hold a master roll of a recording medium; a platen to support the recording medium supplied from the master roll holder in an image recording section; a conveyance roller positioned upstream of the platen to convey the recording medium by adding driving force to the recording medium and a guide positioned near the platen to guide the recording medium, wherein the guide changes an angle of the recording medium against the platen according to a stiffness of the recording medium.

Abstract: A printer body of a printer apparatus is provided with paired bearing portions such that the paired bearing portions face each other, while a paper support for supporting a paper sheet is provided with paired rotating shaft portions, which are rotatably journaled by the paired bearing portions. Each of the rotating shaft portions includes a shaft body and a shaft support portion for supporting the shaft body. The shaft support portion is provided at a flat plate portion of the paper support. A tab portion is formed at the shaft support portion. Each of the paired bearing portions includes a bearing body provided with an opening for receiving the shaft body. At the bearing body, an engaging portion is formed to receive the tab portion to restrict axial movement of the rotating shaft portions. As a result, it is possible to provide a printer apparatus having a paper support less likely to detach from the printer body.

Abstract: A paper storage apparatus for stacking and storing paper in sequence comprising a first discharge roller 21 for discharging paper (check S1) in a specified discharge direction; a paper storage pocket (check storage pocket 12) for stacking the paper at a position offset from the specified direction in which the check S1 is transported by the first discharge roller 21, a movable first guide member (paper guide 60) having a first position disposed at an inclined angle relative to the direction the check S1 is discharged by the first discharge roller 21, for guiding the check S1 into the storage pocket 12, and a second position displaced from the first position for applying pressure upon the check(s)in the check storage pocket 12 and a movable second guide member (paper shift lever) 40 positioned between the first discharge roller 21 and first guide member (paper guide 60) which pivots from a first position in response to the leading edge of the paper to allow the paper to advance into a second position for urgin

Abstract: A sheet conveying device, that can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveying unit to convey a sheet in a first direction, a second conveying unit disposed on a downstream side of the first conveying unit to convey the sheet in a second direction, and a first path formed between the first and second conveying units. At least the second conveying unit has a holding section to hold and convey the sheet. The sheet conveying device further includes a belt conveying unit disposed along an outer side of the first path and includes a belt to convey the sheet toward the holding section. The belt is stretched around a first belt holding and rotating member and a second belt holding and rotating member disposed on an upstream side of the second conveying unit in the second direction.

Abstract: A multi-passing apparatus to repeatedly transfer a recording medium to an image forming unit to realize a high resolution image and an image forming apparatus including the multi-passing apparatus. The multi-passing apparatus includes a feeding passageway extending from a feeding unit to an image forming unit, a divergent passageway extending from the feeding passageway to support a repeated transfer of a recording medium, and a guide unit to align a front end of the recording medium as the recording medium is transferred through the feeding passageway, and to guide the recording medium so that the recording medium passing the image forming unit for the first time is fed to the divergent passageway.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device, includes a recording head configured to discharge a liquid drop of recording liquid in a horizontal direction or in a vertically lower direction than the horizontal direction; and a conveying part configured to convey a recording medium so that a recording surface faces the recording head when the recording medium passes a liquid drop discharge area of the recording head. The recording medium is discharged, after the recording medium is conveyed in a curved state so that the recording surface where the liquid drop discharged from the recording head is adhered faces in a vertically lower direction than the horizontal direction, by the conveying part. The conveying part includes a surface moving member configured to make a moving surface of the surface moving member come in contact with an external circumferential surface of a curved part of the recording medium so as to give a conveying force to the recording medium by a friction force.

Abstract: An anti-jam bezel is provided for dispensing a flexible substrate from an output slot. A guideway is provided for receiving the flexible substrate from a transport and guiding the flexible substrate into the output slot. The guideway may extend from the output slot to the transport to provide a substrate receiving opening. The bezel body is adapted for mounting with the substrate receiving opening adjacent the transport such that the guideway catches a leading edge of the substrate after the substrate exits the transport and guides the leading edge into the output slot. In the event the output slot is blocked, the guideway is adapted to guide at least a portion of the substrate into the substrate receiving opening so that at least the portion of the substrate loops into the substrate receiving opening, thereby preventing a jam.

Abstract: A top cover and a guide member form a discharge port. A plurality of guide ribs is provided on an edge portion of the top cover. A plurality of projecting pieces is provided on a guide member at positions not to face to the guide ribs. These guide ribs and projecting pieces are used for guiding a roll sheet to a discharge port. At least one of the guide ribs is provided with an extended portion extending upstream in a feeding direction to prevent the roll sheet 3A from curving in a direction vertical to the feeding direction. Thus, the inability to discharge the roll sheet can be avoided.

Abstract: Ridges and grooves are alternately formed on a platen in the direction of transporting sheets. Wave holding spurs are rotatably supported by torsion springs downstream of a recording area, and pressed against the grooves. Sheet discharge roller pairs are disposed generally downstream from the grooves. Recording sheets exhibit cockling which rises up toward a recording head due to swelling from ink, but a substantial amount of the swelling is contained in the grooves, so the cockling does not come into contact with the recording head, and further, the peak-to-peak distance of the wave shapes of the recording sheets can be reduced. Following the leading edge of a recording sheet passing the sheet discharge roller pairs, the crests of the cockling are collapsed by transporting spurs and divided between wave holding spurs and the transporting spurs, and thus the peak-to-peak distance is further reduced, consequently preventing off-target landing of ink droplets.

Abstract: A paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit which prevents papers from being inserted to a drive roller when the papers are loaded. The paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit is provided with a sheet regulating member mounted on the front end of the paper feeding unit to rotate by a certain angle, and regulate an insertion depth of papers loaded in the paper feeding unit, and a regulating member activator to actuate the sheet regulating member to block the front ends of papers when the carrier reaches a certain position, and to feed papers when the carrier moves out of the certain position. The sheet regulating member forms a right angle to the face of papers when the carrier reaches the certain position, and the paper regulation member forms an obtuse angle to the papers when the carrier moves out of the certain position.

Abstract: A printer includes: a recording section for recording information on a recording medium; a medium carrying mechanism provided in an apparatus casing having an eject port that is opened in an upward direction or in a slanted upward direction; a medium accommodating section extending in a vertical or slanted vertical direction that defines a medium accommodating space that is continuous with the eject port; and an upward medium carrying mechanism that carries the recording medium upward by an amount according to the size of the recording medium stored in a size memory device, so that the re cording medium projects from the eject port by a predetermined constant length.

Abstract: A self-contained edge printing machine which can print any sequence of numbers or letters adjacent the top edge or adjacent the bottom edge of a standard 8½? by 11? piece of paper. The machine is a stand-alone self-contained unit that has its own stationary inkjet printer and its own internal computer.

Abstract: An image forming device has a recording unit for recording a recording material in a sheet form in a major scanning direction based on an input image signal and a conveyance unit for conveying the recording material in a sub-scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the major scanning direction, wherein the image forming device is provided with a guide plate for guiding while the recording material comes into contact with the guide plate on an opposite surface of a recording side, the guide plate being provided at an image recording position in which the recording material is recorded by the recording unit, and a drive roller for conveying the recording material while pressing the recording material onto the guide plate, wherein the guide plate has a planar portion along a conveyance direction and an inclined portion bent toward a side of the recording unit, and the inclined portion is formed in only one end portion of the conveyance direction of the guide plate.

Abstract: A mailing machine including a postage meter for printing evidence of postage payment on a media includes a registration surface, a print head, an envelope transport having at least two nips for keeping the media from skewing and contacting the print head, a media ski ending upstream of the registration surface for pushing the media into contact with the registration surface, and at least one star wheel disposed in an opening of the registration surface for holding the media down as it is fed through the mailing machine.

Abstract: There are provided a suction unit which sucks a recording medium, and a unit which changes sucking force of the suction unit according to the property of the recording medium. Hereby, since the sucking force of the suction unit can be set according to a state of the recording medium. Therefore, for example, even if the recording medium is greatly curled, since its recording medium can be surely sucked on the transporting surface of the recording medium by the suction unit. Further, even if the recording medium has little rigidity and is thin, it is possible to prevent the recording medium from being stuck on the transporting surface of the recording medium by the suction unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that fixes the toner image onto the recording medium by applying heat and pressure; ejection rollers provided away from the fixing device for ejecting the recording medium; a guide provided on at least one part of a recording medium ejection path between the ejection rollers and the fixing device for guiding a conveyance of the recording medium; at least one spur provided on the guide, having a plurality of teeth on a circumference thereof; and a slit formed on the guide so that the plurality of teeth of the spur are protruded on a side of the recording medium ejection path through the slit, wherein the recording medium is conveyed from the fixing device by bringing the plurality of teeth of the spur into contact with a surface of the recording medium.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus including an inversion unit for inverting a recording sheet recorded on a side in a recording unit by conveying along a predetermined path and returning the recording sheet to the recording unit, the possibility of peeling of recording material from the recorded surface or re-deposition of the recording material onto the recording sheet can be reduced. The recording sheet subjected to recording on a side in the recording unit having a recording head is conveyed to the inversion unit, which includes, at a recorded side of the recording sheet, two both-side rollers which are driven and are formed of an elastic material, and, at a non-recorded side, two both-side pinch rollers which are formed of a non-elastic material. The inversion unit conveys the recording sheet along a turnaround path with the recorded side inside, thereby inverting and returning the recording sheet to the recording unit.

Abstract: A paper discharge unit for an inkjet printer which ejects a sheet on which image printing is completed by an ink cartridge out of a printer main body. The paper discharge unit for an inkjet printer includes paper discharge rollers rotatably mounted in the printer main body to feed the printing-completed sheet out of the printer main body; and paper discharge guides disposed downstream of the paper discharge rollers in a direction the sheet is fed, and guiding upward the front end portion of the sheet ejected from the paper discharge rollers to prevent the rear end portion of the sheet from being lifted. Accordingly, the front end portion of the sheet is deformed by the paper discharge guides to restrain the end portion of the sheet facing a nozzle part of the ink cartridge from being in contact with the nozzle part when the sheet is ejected, so that image printing becomes possible up to the end portion of the sheet, to thereby improve the printing efficiency of the inkjet printer.

Abstract: A first sheet passing path from an automatic sheet supplying section to a recording section and a second sheet passing path leading to an automatic reversing section from the recording section and leading to the recording section from the automatic reversing section share a part of them with each other, and the shared sheet passing path is provided with a guide member movable from a first position for the first sheet passing path to a second position for the second sheet passing path in synchronism with separation of a pinch roller from a sheet feeding roller.

Abstract: A rack-and-pinion print media guide system comprises two racks which are operatively coupled for reciprocal movement relative to each other by way of a central gear cluster instead of a single central gear (pinion) to expand the maximum media capture range. The gear cluster comprises first and second pinions and at least one center idler gear which is operatively coupled between the pinions with each rack skipping the center idler gear during operation.