Patent ID: 7251451
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: an output tray for holding a stack of paper sheets printed and ejected; and a tray support provided at a printer body for supporting the output tray in such a manner that the output tray can be pulled out from a lower part of the printer body along a direction of ejection of the paper sheets, wherein the output tray has a rib projecting downward from a front end portion of the output tray, wherein, while the output tray is housed in the printer body, the tray support supports the output tray such that the output tray is spaced above a surface on which the printer is placed; and in a process of pulling out the output tray from within the printer body, the tray support is configured such that a rear end portion of the output tray gradually moves nearer to the surface on which the printer is placed, and the tray support guides the output tray so that the rib and the rear end portion of the output tray are in contact with the surface on which the printer is placed when the output tray has been completely pulled out.