Patent ID: 6708971
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper supplying method for supplying recording sheets having at least a thermosensitive coloring layer formed thereon, one by one from a paper cassette to a printer, comprising the steps of:attaching the paper cassette to the printer, the paper cassette being loaded with the recording sheets piled up in a stack with their thermosensitive coloring layers oriented downward; making the paper supply rollers and the recording sheet in the paper cassette contact in response to a print start command; rotating the paper supply rollers in a paper supply direction to feed the recording sheet into the printer; making the paper supply rollers and the recording sheet in the paper cassette contact-free after an end of paper supply; making the paper supply rollers and the recording sheet in the paper cassette contact after an end of recording images on the recording sheet; and rotating the paper supply rollers in a direction reverse to the paper supply direction, to return other recording sheets to a predetermined paper supply start position inside the paper cassette.