Patent ID: 6325560
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer having standard width and wide width printing capabilities, comprising:feed means for feeding print media having either a standard width or wide width format, said feed means feeds the print media through a paper path past a print position;a first roller segment and a second roller segment aligned coaxially with each other and extending laterally across a printing width area of the printer; andfirst and second spur wheel sections which are aligned coaxially to each other and which extend laterally across the printing width area of the printer and oppose the first and second roller segments, respectively, wherein, when the feed means begins to feed a print media having a wide width format through the print path, a leading edge of the print media is received between the first and second roller segments and the first and second spur wheel sections, each spur wheel section being detachable and having at least two spur wheels;wherein said first roller segment has a feed width corresponding to standard width print media and said second roller segment has a feed width corresponding to an additional width of print media which extends beyond the standard width print media, both the first and second roller segments being detachably mounted within the printer.