Patent ID: 9682581
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a housing with an outlet having a height h; a drawer unit slidable in the outlet between an open position and a closed position; a first supporting unit disposed in the drawer unit and configured to support a roll of printable media having a diameter D which is equal to or less than the height h, the first supporting unit supporting the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the open position so that an outer surface of the roll of printable media does not extend above the height h of the outlet; a second supporting unit disposed in the housing and configured to rotatably support the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the closed position so that a portion of the outer surface of the roll of printable media extends above the height h of the outlet; and a printing unit configured to print on printable media fed from the roll of printable media.