JP2003001884A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (9)

A storage section for storing continuous sheets;
A lid for opening and closing the opening of the storage unit;
A print head for printing on the continuous sheet drawn from the storage unit;
A platen for guiding the back surface of the continuous sheet at a position close to the print head;
A platen support body rotatably provided on the lid body and having the platen on one end thereof;
A guide member that engages with the other end side of the platen support body and rotates one end side of the platen support body in a reverse direction as the lid body opens and closes. Retreating from the proximity facing position with the operation, and moving forward toward the proximity facing position with the closing operation of the lid,
A printer comprising:   A single sheet is introduced between the print head and the platen, and a single sheet transport path for discharging the printed single sheet, and the printed single sheet and the continuous sheet are branched and guided. The printer according to claim 1, further comprising a paper discharge branching body, wherein the guide member is disposed in the vicinity of the paper discharge branching body.   The platen support is further provided with a driven conveyance roller that is provided on one end side of the platen support and conveys the continuous sheet to and from a drive conveyance roller provided on the inside of the printer. 3. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the printer is disposed closer to the print head than an imaginary line passing through a rotation center of the body and a rotation center of the driving conveyance roller. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the platen is provided integrally with the platen support. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the platen support is biased toward the lower surface side of the lid. A housing having a storage section for storing the continuous sheet;
  A lid for opening and closing the opening of the storage unit;
  A print head for printing on the continuous sheet drawn from the storage unit;
  A movable platen that is rotatably provided on the lid and guides the back surface of the continuous sheet at a position close to the print head.
  A guide member that engages with a fixed end side of the movable platen and rotates the free end side of the movable platen in a reverse direction with the opening and closing of the lid body;
  The printer, wherein the movable platen is retracted from the proximity facing position with the opening operation of the lid, and is advanced toward the proximity facing position with the closing operation of the lid. The print head is capable of printing on the continuous sheet and cut sheet,
  Provided at a downstream position of the print head on the housing side, further comprising a branching body for branching the continuous sheet and the cut sheet,
  The printer according to claim 6, wherein the guide member is disposed in the vicinity of the branch body. A driven conveyance roller is provided on the free end side of the movable platen and conveys the continuous sheet to and from a drive conveyance roller provided on the housing side, and the support shaft of the driven conveyance roller is in side view. The printer according to claim 6, wherein the printer is disposed closer to the print head than an imaginary line passing through a rotation center of the movable platen and a rotation center of the driving conveyance roller.   9. The printer according to claim 3, further comprising an accommodation unit that allows the driven conveyance roller to get over the driving conveyance roller when the lid is opened and closed.