Patent ID: 8393809
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a printing head; a common motor; a particular supply roller for supplying a sheet; a feed-in roller for conveying the sheet supplied by the particular supply roller by receiving a driving force transmitted from the common motor; a carriage mounting the printing head, the carriage being movable between an end of a first side and an end of a second side of a reciprocating path extending along a direction; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second side; wherein the driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism comprises: wherein: in a first mode, the selecting member connects the common driving force outputting member to a first driving force receiving member of the plurality of driving force receiving members, and the first driving force receiving member drives the particular supply roller and the feed-in roller via the common driving force outputting member such that a subsequent sheet is conveyed after a preceding sheet is conveyed by the feed-in roller at a first interval; and in a second mode, the selecting member connects the common driving force outputting member to a second driving force receiving member of the plurality of driving force receiving members, and the second driving force receiving member drives the particular supply roller and the feed-in roller via the common driving force outputting member such that the subsequent sheet is conveyed after the preceding sheet is conveyed by the feed-in roller at a second interval which is shorter than the first interval.