CN218201165U - Printer with a movable platen - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a printer, relates to and prints technical field, can carry out the switching of different specification print media more conveniently to operation when simplifying printing different specification print media. The printer includes a supply cassette and a printer body, the supply cassette including: a first supply unit for placing a first printing medium; a second supply unit for placing a second printing medium; and an operation section configured to switch the second supply section between a first position where the supply cassette supplies the second printing medium to the printer body and a second position where the supply cassette supplies the first printing medium to the printer body by operating the operation section with the supply cassette mounted within the printer body.

Description

Printer with a movable platen

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printing, in particular to a printer.

Background

When the printer is used, a supply cassette is usually installed in a printer body, and a printing medium, such as paper, is supplied to the printer body through the supply cassette to perform printing. However, when the paper sheets with different specifications need to be printed, the supply box needs to be taken out and then replaced with the paper sheets with different specifications, which results in frequent replacement operation when the paper sheets with different specifications are printed, and in order to solve the problem, a supply box capable of simultaneously carrying the paper sheets with two different specifications appears.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A printer can switch printing media of different specifications more conveniently, so that the operation of printing the printing media of different specifications is simplified.

In a first aspect, there is provided a printer including a supply cassette and a printer body, the supply cassette including: a first supply unit for placing a first printing medium; a second supply unit for placing a second printing medium; and an operation section configured to switch the second supply section between a first position where the supply cassette supplies the second printing medium to the printer body and a second position where the supply cassette supplies the first printing medium to the printer body by operating the operation section with the supply cassette mounted within the printer body.

In a possible embodiment, the second supply is switched between the first position and the second position by a movement in the horizontal direction.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply part and the second supply part are slidably connected by a slide rail, and the slide rail is used for sliding the second supply part to a first position or a second position relative to the first supply part.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply portion includes a first bottom plate and two first side plates extending in a length direction of the first bottom plate, the first bottom plate and the two first side plates constituting a first print medium accommodating space with an open top, the first print medium accommodating space being used for placing a first print medium; the second supply part covers part of the top opening of the first supply part, and one side of the second supply part, which is far away from the first bottom plate, is provided with a second bottom plate for loading a second printing medium; the slide rail is used for enabling the second supply part to slide along the length direction of the first base plate.

In a possible embodiment, the first base plate has a larger size than the second base plate.

In a possible embodiment, the operating portion comprises a connecting structure fixedly connected to the second supply portion; the operating part further comprises a push-pull component arranged on one side of the connecting structure far away from the second supply part.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply part has a printer connecting structure at one end in the length direction of the first base plate, the printer connecting structure being used for connecting the printer body; the push-pull member is located on a side of the second supply section away from the printer connection structure in a longitudinal direction of the first base plate.

In one possible embodiment, when the second supply portion is located at the first position relative to the first supply portion, a distance between an end of the second base plate away from the printer connection structure and an end of the first base plate away from the printer connection structure in a length direction of the first base plate is greater than one third of a length of the first base plate.

In one possible embodiment, the push-pull member is mounted to the first supply portion.

In one possible embodiment, the push-pull member is mounted to the second supply portion.

In a possible embodiment, the top of one first side plate is provided with a sliding groove extending along the length direction of the first bottom plate; the push-pull component comprises a limiting bulge, and the limiting bulge extends into the sliding groove; the push-pull component also comprises a push-pull sheet; the connecting structure is connected to the second supply portion.

In a possible embodiment, the side of the second supply is provided with a catch; the first supply part is provided with a first buckle seat and a second buckle seat, the first buckle seat is used for changing the buckling state of the buckle when the second supply part moves to a first position relative to the first supply part, and the second buckle seat is used for changing the buckling state of the buckle when the second supply part moves to a second position relative to the first supply part.

In one possible embodiment, the printer further comprises: a placement part covering a part of the top opening of the first supply part; one side of the carrying part, which is far away from the first bottom plate, is provided with a carrying part surface for carrying a printing medium; the height of the portion of the surface of the mounting portion away from the printer attachment structure is lower than the height of the portion close to the printer attachment structure.

In one possible embodiment, when the second supply is in the first position relative to the first supply, a portion of the top opening of the first supply near one end of the printer connection is covered by the second supply; when the second supply portion is in a second position relative to the first supply portion, a portion of the top opening of the first supply portion near one end of the printer connection structure is uncovered by the second supply portion.

In a possible embodiment, the first supply part is provided with a sliding limiting part, and the sliding limiting part is used for limiting the second supply part or the operating part, so that when the second supply part is located at the second position relative to the first supply part, the end of the operating part far away from the printer connecting structure does not exceed the end of the first supply part far away from the printer connecting structure.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply portion is configured to be detachably connected to the printer body; the force pulling the second feeding portion to slide relative to the first feeding portion is smaller than the force pulling the first feeding portion away from the printer body.

In one possible embodiment, the printer body has an operation space for a user not to pull out the supply cassette from the printer body, so that the operation portion of the supply cassette is operated by the operation space to switch different kinds of printing media.

The printer in the embodiment of the application can be under the condition that the supply box is installed in the printer body, through the operation part, switch over the second supply part to first position or second position, so that when the second supply part is located the first position, supply the box and provide the printing medium of a specification to the printer body and print, when the second supply part is located the second position, supply the box and provide the printing medium of another specification to the printer body and print, need not to supply the dismantlement between box and the printer body, realized carrying out the switching of different specification printing media more conveniently, operation when having simplified the printing different specification printing media.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a printer in one state according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the printer of FIG. 1 in another configuration;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a feed cassette in a state of engagement with a feed transport roller in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the feed cassette of FIG. 3 in another configuration in cooperation with a feed transport roller;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a supply part and an operation part in one state in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the supply part and the operation part in FIG. 5 in another state;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the supply cassette of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the supply cassette of FIG. 7 with print media loaded thereon;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a second supply unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a first supply portion and an operation portion in a state in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the first supply portion and the operation portion of FIG. 10 in another state;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of a second supply portion and an operation portion engaged with each other in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an operation portion according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a top view of a supply section in an embodiment of the subject application;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged partial schematic view of a first snap seat and a snap in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The terminology used in the description of the embodiments section of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments of the present application only and is not intended to be limiting of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, an embodiment of the present application provides a printer including a supply cassette 100 and a printer body 200, the supply cassette 100 including: a supply section 10, the supply section 10 including: a first supply unit 1, the first supply unit 1 being used for loading a first printing medium 301; a second supply unit 2, the second supply unit 2 being configured to place a second printing medium 302; an operation section 3; the feed cassette 100 is configured to be mounted within the printer body 200, and the operation portion 3 is configured to switch the second feed portion 2 between a first position where the feed cassette 100 supplies the second printing medium 302 to the printer body 200 and a second position where the feed cassette 100 supplies the first printing medium 301 to the printer body 200 by operating the operation portion 3 with the feed cassette 100 mounted within the printer body 200.

Specifically, in the configuration shown in fig. 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8, the second supply part 2 is located at a first position with respect to the first supply part 1, and in the configuration shown in fig. 2, 4 and 6, the second supply part 2 is located at a second position with respect to the first supply part 1. The first print medium and the second print medium may be print media of different specifications, specifically, the print media may be paper, film, cloth, or the like, for example, the two print media may be paper of different specifications, for example, the first print medium 301 is A4 paper, and is placed on the first supply unit 1, and the second print medium 302 is a 6 × 4 inch camera paper, and is placed on the second supply unit 2. The feeding and conveying roller 202 may be mounted on the printer body 200, the feeding and conveying roller 202 may be provided with an elastic member (not shown in the drawings), the feeding and conveying roller 202 may have a downward elastic force, the feeding portion 10 is mounted in the printer body 200, the printer body 200 has an operation space 201, the operation space 201 may be used for mounting and dismounting the feeding cassette 100, and a user may operate the operation portion 3 through the operation space 201, the user may operate the operation portion 3 to change a relative position between the first feeding portion 1 and the second feeding portion 2, when the user switches the second feeding portion 2 to a first position relative to the first feeding portion 1 through the operation of the operation portion 3, the second feeding portion 2 approaches and contacts a bottom of the feeding and conveying roller 202 through the second printing medium 302 loaded on the second feeding portion 2, so that when the feeding and conveying roller 202 rotates, the feeding cassette 100 can convey and print a second printing medium 302 of 6 × 4 inches to the printer body 200 through the second feeding portion 2, and print the second printing medium 302 inches; in addition, when the printer body 200 needs to be switched to the A4 standard printing medium, the second supply unit 2 is switched to the second position relative to the first supply unit 1 by directly operating the operation unit 3 through the operation space 201 without detaching the supply cassette 100 from the printer body 200, and at this time, the second supply unit 2 is away from the supply conveyance roller 202, and the supply conveyance roller 202 moves downward by the elastic force and contacts the first printing medium 301 placed on the first supply unit 1, so that when the supply conveyance roller 202 rotates, the first printing medium 301 placed on the first supply unit 1 can be conveyed and printed, that is, the supply cassette 100 can supply the first printing medium 301 of the A4 standard to the printer body 200 through the first supply unit 1 to print.

The supply box in the embodiment of the application can be under the condition that the supply box is installed in the printer body, through the operation part, the second supply part is switched to the first position or the second position, so that when the second supply part is located at the first position, the supply box provides a printing medium of one specification for the printer body to print, when the second supply part is located at the second position, the supply box provides a printing medium of another specification for the printer body to print, the disassembly between the supply box and the printer body is not needed, the switching of printing media of different specifications is realized more conveniently, and the operation of printing the printing media of different specifications is simplified.

In one possible embodiment, the second supply part 2 is switched between the first position and the second position by a movement in the horizontal direction, i.e. the operating part 3 is used for the user to move the second supply part 2 in the horizontal direction to the first position or the second position relative to the first supply part 1. The opening direction of the operation space 201 of the printer body 200 is defined as front, the direction in which the operation space 201 of the printer body 200 is opened is defined as rear, and the moving direction of the second supply unit 2 with respect to the first supply unit 1 is defined as front-rear direction.

In a possible embodiment, the first supply part 1 and the second supply part 2 are slidably connected by a slide rail, which is used to slide the second supply part 2 to a first position or a second position relative to the first supply part 1. The user can conveniently control the second supply part 2 to switch between the first position and the second position by operating the operation part 3 and matching with the slide rail between the first supply part 1 and the second supply part 2.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the first feeding portion 1 includes a first bottom plate 11 and two first side plates 12 extending in a length direction of the first bottom plate 11, the first bottom plate 11 and the two first side plates 12 constituting a first print medium accommodating space with an open top for placing a first print medium; as shown in fig. 5 to 12, the second supply part 2 covers a part of the top opening of the first supply part 1, and a side of the second supply part 2 away from the first bottom plate 11 has a second bottom plate 21 for placing a second printing medium; the slide rail is used to slide the second supply unit 2 in the longitudinal direction of the first base plate 11.

Specifically, the longitudinal direction of the first base plate 11 is the front-rear direction. As shown in fig. 3, 5, 7 and 8, the feeding conveyor roller 202 is located on the side of the feeding cassette 100 away from the opening of the operation space 201, and when the second feeding unit 2 is located at the first position relative to the first feeding unit 1, the second feeding unit 2 is located between the feeding conveyor roller 202 and the first feeding unit 1, that is, the second feeding unit 2 covers a part of the top opening of the first feeding unit 1, on one hand, the path of the first feeding unit 1 to the printer body 200 is isolated by the second feeding unit 2, and on the other hand, the path of the second feeding unit 2 to the printer body 200 is provided; since the first supply part 1 and the second supply part 2 are stacked and the second supply part 2 can move back and forth relative to the first supply part 1, the user can conveniently switch the second supply part 2 between the first position and the second position through the control of the operation part 3, namely, conveniently realize the switching of printing media with different specifications.

In a possible embodiment, the first base plate 11 has dimensions greater than those of the second base plate 21, on the one hand, the first base plate 11 facilitates the loading of a larger size of printing medium and the second base plate 21 facilitates the loading of a smaller size of printing medium, and on the other hand, the second feed 2 constituted by the smaller size of the second base plate 21 is smaller in size, thus facilitating the movement of the second feed 2 in different positions with respect to the first feed 1.

In a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, the operating portion 3 comprises a connecting structure 31, the connecting structure 31 being fixedly connected to the second supply portion 2; the operating part 3 further comprises a push-pull member 32 arranged on the side of the connecting structure 31 remote from the second supply part 2. Since the second supply part 2 is small in size and needs to move back and forth within the printer body 200, when the second supply part 2 moves to a position away from the opening of the operation space 201, it may be difficult for a user to touch the operation part 3, therefore, the operation part 3 is fixedly connected to the second supply part 2 through the connection structure 31, and the push-pull member 32 is provided away from the second supply part 2, so that the push-pull member 32 is closer to the opening of the operation space 201 relative to the second supply part 2, so that the user can more easily touch the operation space 201 and perform the push-pull operation based on the push-pull member 32, and by the push-pull operation based on the push-pull member 32, that is, the second supply part 2 can be driven by the operation part 3 to move in the front-back direction, and further can be switched between the first position and the second position.

In a possible embodiment, the push-pull member 32 is mounted to the first supply part 1. In other possible embodiments, the push-pull member 32 may be attached and fixed to only the first supply unit 1, the push-pull member 32 may be attached to the printer main body 200, or the pull member 32 may be attached to the second supply unit 2.

In a possible embodiment, the top of one first side plate 12 has a chute 120 extending along the length of the first bottom plate 11; the push-pull member 32 includes a limit protrusion 320, and the limit protrusion 320 extends into the sliding groove 120; the push-pull member 32 further includes a push-pull tab 321; the connecting structure 31 is connected to the second supply part 2 through the shaft hole.

Specifically, for example, the top of the right first side plate 12 has a sliding slot 120, the push-pull member 32 includes a horizontal piece 322 installed on the top of the right first side plate 12, the bottom of the horizontal piece 322 has a downward limiting protrusion 320, the limiting protrusion 320 extends into the sliding slot 120 to form a fit therebetween, a vertical piece 323 parallel to the first side plate 12 is installed above the horizontal piece 322, a push-pull piece 321 is installed at the front end of the vertical piece 323, the push-pull piece 321 is perpendicular to the first bottom plate 11 and the first side plate 12, and the push-pull piece 321 is configured to facilitate a user to push and pull the push-pull piece 321 through the operation space 201. The horizontal piece 322 is fixedly connected to the connecting structure 31, the connecting structure 31 may be a sheet structure parallel to the first side plate 12, and may be attached to the inner side of the first side plate 12, a through hole 310 is provided at one end of the connecting structure 31 away from the push-pull piece 321, a shaft 22 is provided at the right side surface of the second supplying portion 2, the shaft 22 passes through the through hole 310, that is, the connecting structure 31 is connected to the second supplying portion 2 through a shaft hole, and a portion of the shaft 22 passing through the through hole 310 extends into the inner groove 121 provided on the first side plate 12. The inner groove 121 may serve as a slide rail between the second supply unit 2 and the first supply unit 1, and may limit and guide the movement of the second supply unit 2 with respect to the first supply unit 1. Similarly, the sliding groove 120 can limit and guide the movement of the push-pull member 32. In other possible embodiments, the connecting structure 31 may be fixedly connected to the second supplying portion 2 in other manners as long as the second supplying portion 2 can be moved correspondingly by pushing and pulling the operating portion 3. The side of the connecting structure 31 away from the right first side plate 12 may further be provided with a limiting sheet 311, the limiting sheet 311 is parallel to the first bottom plate 11, and the limiting sheet 311 may be inserted under the first bottom plate 11 from the side of the first bottom plate 11 for further limiting the operation portion 3.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply part 1 has a printer connecting structure 13 at one end in the length direction of the first base plate 11, and the printer connecting structure 13 is used for connecting the printer body 200; in the length direction of the first base plate 11, the push-pull member 32 is located on the side of the second supply portion 2 away from the printer connection structure 13, the printer connection structure 13 is connected to the printer body 200 inside the printer body 200, and therefore, the push-pull member 32 is located on the side of the second supply portion 2 away from the printer connection structure 13, so that a user can perform a push-pull operation at a position close to the opening of the operation space 201 to move the second supply portion 2, and when the user performs the push-pull operation based on the push-pull member 32, the first supply portion 1 is detachably fixed to the printer body 200 through the printer connection structure 13, and therefore, the push-pull member 32 can drive the second supply portion 2 to move relative to the first supply portion 1 through the connection structure 31.

In one possible embodiment, the first supply portion 1 is configured to be detachably attached to the printer body 200; the force pulling the second feeding portion 2 to slide with respect to the first feeding portion 1 is smaller than the force pulling the first feeding portion 1 away from the printer body 200. That is, when the second supply unit 2 is slid with respect to the first supply unit 1 by pulling the second supply unit 2 by the push-pull member 32, the first supply unit 1 is not detached from the printer main body 200.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, when the second supply part 2 is located at the first position relative to the first supply part 1, a distance between an end of the second base plate 21 away from the printer connection structure 13 and an end of the first base plate 11 away from the printer connection structure 13 in a length direction of the first base plate 11 is greater than one third of a length of the first base plate 11. That is, when the second supply unit 2 is located at the first position with respect to the first supply unit 1, the distance between the foremost end of the second supply unit 2 and the foremost end of the first supply unit 1 is long, and in this case, the push-pull member 32 of the operation unit 3 needs to be located at a position further forward with respect to the second supply unit 2, so that the user can move the second supply unit 2 by performing the push-pull operation based on the push-pull member 32 more easily as shown in fig. 1 and 5.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, 12, 14 and 15, the second supply part 2 is provided with a catch 23 on its side, for example, a pair of catches 23 are provided on both the left and right sides of the second supply part 2, and the catch 23 may be connected to the first supply part 1 by a deformable structure; as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the first supply part 1 is provided with a first buckle seat 141 and a second buckle seat (not shown in fig. 10 and 11), fig. 14 illustrates two first buckle seat positions 51 and two second buckle seat positions 52, the first supply part 1 may be provided with a first buckle seat 141 at each first buckle seat position 51 and a second buckle seat at each second buckle seat position 52; the first catch seat 141 is used to change the engagement state of the catch when the second supply part 2 is moved to a first position relative to the first supply part 1, and the second catch seat is used to change the engagement state of the catch when the second supply part 2 is moved to a second position relative to the first supply part 1. Thus, when the user moves the second supply part 2 by pushing the operation part 3, if the second supply part 2 is moved to the first position, the engagement between the first latch seat 141 and the latch 23 changes the engagement state of the latch 23, and the user can sense the change of the engagement state of the latch 23 according to the operation part 3, thereby determining whether the second supply part 2 is pushed to the position; similarly, when the user moves the second supply part 2 by pulling the operation part 3, if the second supply part 2 is moved to the second position, the engagement between the second latch seat and the latch 23 changes the engagement state of the latch 23, and the user can feel the change in the engagement state of the latch 23 according to the operation part 3, so that it can be determined whether the second supply part 2 is pulled into position.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, 7 and 8, the supply cassette 100 further includes: a placement part 20, the placement part 20 covering a part of the top opening of the first supply part 1; the side of the loading part 20 away from the first base plate 11 has a loading part surface for loading a printing medium; the height of the portion of the surface of the loading portion away from the printer attachment structure 13 is lower than the height of the portion close to the printer attachment structure 13. That is, the surface of the placement portion has a stepped-down structure in the backward-forward direction. The placing part 20 is used for placing the printing medium printed by the printer body 200, and since the space of the operation space 201 of the printer body 200 is limited, in order to facilitate the user to contact and push and pull the operation part 3, the front part of the surface of the placing part is arranged to be lowered, so that the empty space after the lowering is larger, and the user can push and pull the operation part 3 in the larger space.

In one possible embodiment, when the second supply section 2 is in the first position relative to the first supply section 1, a portion of the top opening of the first supply section 1 near one end of the printer connection structure 13 is covered by the second supply section 2; when the second supply section 2 is in the second position relative to the first supply section 1, a portion of the top opening of the first supply section 1 near one end of the printer connection structure 13 is not covered by the second supply section 2.

In a possible embodiment, the first supply part 1 is provided with a slide limiting part, and the slide limiting part is used for limiting the position of the second supply part 2 or the operation part 3, so that when the second supply part 2 is located at the second position relative to the first supply part 1, the end of the operation part 3 far away from the printer connecting structure 13 does not exceed the end of the first supply part 1 far away from the printer connecting structure 13. Because the first supply part 1 is located in the printer body 200 and does not exceed the printer body 200, when the user pulls the operation part 3 to switch the second supply part 2 to the second position, the sliding limiting part can prevent the operation part 3 from being pulled out of the printer body 200, so as to avoid the interference problem caused by the protrusion of the operation part 3 from the surface of the printer.

In a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, two opposite first limiting parts 15 are arranged on the first supplying part 1, the two first limiting parts 15 are arranged along the width direction of the first base plate 11, that is, the two first limiting parts 15 are located at the left and right sides, and the distance between the two first limiting parts 15 is adjustable, so as to limit the first printing medium in the width direction, prevent the printing medium from deforming when the first printing medium is placed, and make the printing more stable. In addition, a second limiting portion 16 with an adjustable position along the length direction of the first base plate 11 may be disposed on a side of the first supplying portion 1 away from the printer connecting structure 13, and the second limiting portion 16 may limit a placement position of the first printing medium in the length direction of the first printing medium, so that the printing medium may be stabilized in the length direction, and the printing medium may be prevented from being deformed when the first printing medium is placed.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 9 and 12, two third limiting portions 17 are disposed on the second supplying portion 2, the two third limiting portions 17 are arranged along the width direction of the second bottom plate 21, that is, the two third limiting portions 17 are disposed on the left and right sides, and the distance between the two third limiting portions 17 is adjustable, so as to limit the second printing medium in the width direction, and prevent the printing medium from deforming when the second printing medium is placed, so that the printing is more stable.

In one possible embodiment, the printer body 200 is provided with an operation space 201, and the operation space 201 is used for a user not to pull out the supply cassette 100 from the printer body 200, so that the operation portion 3 of the supply cassette 100 is operated by the operation space 201 to switch different types of printing media.

In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may mean that a exists alone, a and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. Wherein A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "at least one of the following" and similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of singular or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, and c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or multiple.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (17)

1. A printer, characterized in that the printer comprises a supply cassette and a printer body,

the supply cassette includes:

a first supply unit for placing a first printing medium;

a second supply unit for placing a second printing medium; and

an operation part for controlling the operation of the operation part,

the feed cassette is configured to be mounted within the printer body, and the operation portion is configured to switch the second feed portion between a first position in which the feed cassette supplies the second printing medium to the printer body and a second position in which the feed cassette supplies the first printing medium to the printer body by operating the operation portion with the feed cassette mounted within the printer body.

2. Printer according to claim 1,

the second supply portion is switched between the first position and the second position by moving in a horizontal direction.

3. Printer according to claim 1,

the first supply part and the second supply part are connected in a sliding manner through a slide rail, and the slide rail is used for enabling the second supply part to slide to the first position or the second position relative to the first supply part.

4. Printer according to claim 3,

the first feeding portion includes a first bottom plate and two first side plates extending in a longitudinal direction of the first bottom plate, the first bottom plate and the two first side plates constitute a first print medium accommodating space with an open top, and the first print medium accommodating space is used for placing the first print medium;

the second supply part covers part of the top opening of the first supply part, and a side, away from the first bottom plate, of the second supply part is provided with a second bottom plate for carrying the second printing medium;

the slide rail is used for enabling the second supply part to slide along the length direction of the first base plate.

5. Printer according to claim 4,

the first floor is larger in size than the second floor.

6. Printer according to claim 4,

the operating part comprises a connecting structure which is fixedly connected with the second supply part;

the operating portion further includes a push-pull member provided on a side of the connecting structure away from the second supply portion.

7. Printer according to claim 6,

the first supply part is provided with a printer connecting structure at one end of the first bottom plate in the length direction, and the printer connecting structure is used for connecting the printer body;

the push-pull member is located on a side of the second supply section away from the printer connection structure in a longitudinal direction of the first base plate.

8. Printer according to claim 7,

when the second supply portion is located at the first position relative to the first supply portion, a distance between an end of the second base plate away from the printer connection structure and an end of the first base plate away from the printer connection structure in a length direction of the first base plate is greater than one third of a length of the first base plate.

9. Printer according to claim 6,

the push-pull member is attached to the first supply unit.

10. Printer according to claim 6,

the push-pull member is attached to the second supply unit.

11. Printer according to claim 9,

the top of one first side plate is provided with a sliding groove extending along the length direction of the first bottom plate;

the push-pull component comprises a limiting bulge, and the limiting bulge extends into the sliding groove;

the push-pull component also comprises a push-pull sheet;

the connecting structure is connected to the second supply portion.

12. Printer according to claim 4,

a buckle is arranged on the side surface of the second supply part;

the first supply part is provided with a first buckle seat and a second buckle seat, the first buckle seat is used for changing the clamping state of the buckle when the second supply part moves to a first position relative to the first supply part, and the second buckle seat is used for changing the clamping state of the buckle when the second supply part moves to a second position relative to the first supply part.

13. The printer according to claim 7, further comprising:

a placement portion that covers a portion of the top opening of the first supply portion;

the side of the carrying part, which is far away from the first bottom plate, is provided with a carrying part surface for carrying a printing medium;

the height of the part of the surface of the loading part far away from the printer connecting structure is lower than that of the part near the printer connecting structure.

14. Printer according to claim 7,

when the second supply portion is in a first position relative to the first supply portion, a portion of the top opening of the first supply portion near one end of the printer connection structure is covered by the second supply portion;

when the second supply portion is in a second position relative to the first supply portion, a portion of the top opening of the first supply portion near one end of the printer connection structure is uncovered by the second supply portion.

15. Printer according to claim 14,

the first supply part is provided with a sliding limiting part which is used for limiting the second supply part or the operation part, so that when the second supply part is located at a second position relative to the first supply part, the tail end of the operation part far away from the printer connection structure does not exceed the tail end of the first supply part far away from the printer connection structure.

16. Printer according to claim 3,

the first supply portion is configured to be detachably connected to the printer body;

the force of pulling the second feeding portion to slide relative to the first feeding portion is smaller than the force of the first feeding portion to disengage from the printer body.

17. Printer according to claim 1,

the printer body is provided with an operation space which is used for enabling a user not to pull out the supply box from the printer body, so that the operation part of the supply box is operated through the operation space to switch different types of printing media.

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