Patent ID: 6280106
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A print media feeder system to automatically change the supply of a printing medium in a printer between a feeder mode of a first medium in continuous band form and a feeder mode of a second medium in cut sheet form, comprising:a pair of rollers arranged at a point along a first movement path of said first medium, said point located between an input for said first medium and a main roller which moves said first medium, wherein said pair of rollers selectively pull said first medium in one of two directions along said first movement path; andvalve means arranged to cooperate with said main roller to allow the passage, along said first movement path, of said first medium in one of a direction toward or a direction from a printing area, and to prevent passage of said second printing medium around said main roller and along said first movement path, wherein said valve means diverts said second printing medium along a second movement path, said second movement path differing from said first movement path.