Patent ID: 8567940
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A medium feed device which is capable of sending a medium of a single sheet shape and a medium which is held to have a roll shape, comprising: a roll holding section which holds the medium which is held to have a roll shape; and a guide member in which a free-end side thereof can be extended and contracted and which forms a first feed pathway for the medium which is held to have a roll shape which is fed from the roll holding section, in a first contracted state, such that the roll shaped medium is fed from the free end of the guide member and contacts the guide member when being transported on the first feed pathway and forms a second feed pathway only for the medium of a single sheet shape in a second extended state such that the shingle sheet shaped medium contacts the guide member when being transported on the second feed pathway.