Patent ID: 11945218
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a roll paper container portion configured to accommodate roll paper from which recording paper is wrapped around a core;
a transportation roller configured to transport the recording paper in a transportation direction; and
a buffering member configured to buffer a load received from the recording paper by moving in contact with the recording paper transported by the transportation roller; and
a guide member configured to guide the core of the roll paper that is moved from an inside of the roll paper container portion to an outside along a wall surface of the roll paper container portion, wherein
the guide member also is configured to move together with the buffering member and not to contact the recording paper as the buffering member moves in contact with the recording paper,
the guide member includes a rib that has a side along the transportation direction,
the roll paper container portion is configured to accommodate plural kinds of the roll paper different from one another in terms of width, and
the guide member includes, as the rib, a plurality of ribs provided at intervals corresponding to widths of the roll paper.