Patent ID: 6298778
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B41L,B65H

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device for a printer comprising an ink drum rotatable at a variable speed in accordance with any one of a plurality of print speeds with a master wrapped therearound, pressing means pressed against said ink drum relative to said ink drum with the intermediary of a sheet, registering means for feeding a leading edge of the sheet toward a print position between said ink drum and said pressing means, a bank sheet feeding section positioned below said print position, and sheet conveying means for conveying the sheet fed from said bank sheet feeding section toward said registering means, said sheet feeding device comprising:print speed setting means for setting a print speed such that said ink drum rotates in accordance with a set print speed included in the plurality of print speeds; andsheet conveyance drive means independent of a driveline assigned to said ink drum for driving said sheet conveying means;said sheet conveyance drive means driving, when the set print speed is higher than a standard print speed, said sheet conveying means in such a manner as to set up a sheet conveying speed matching with said set print speed or driving, when said set print speed is lower than said standard print speed, said sheet conveying means in such a manner as to set up a sheet conveying speed matching with said standard print speed.