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: An erasing device includes an image erasing portion that erases an erasable image which is printed on a sheet using an erasable color material, a reusability determination portion that determines whether or not to reuse the sheet obtained by erasing the erasable image by the image erasing portion; a sorting carrying portion that carries the determined sheets to a carrying destination for reusable sheets and a carrying destination for non-reusable sheets according to the determination result from the reusability determination portion; a common sheet cassette that can be used in an image forming apparatus and detachably installed in the carrying destination for reusable sheets, and that stacks and contains the sheets from the sorting carrying portion therein; a storage medium that is installed in the common sheet cassette; and a communication portion that stores information regarding the sheets contained in the common sheet cassette in the storage medium.