Patent ID: 8454252
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a roller plate; a set of rollers; a thermal head unit, comprising: a cassette, comprising: wherein a space is provided between the first ink-sheet housing and the second ink-sheet housing and between the ink sheet drawn from the first bobbin and the recording sheet housing, and the space is configured to receive the thermal head unit when the cassette is mounted in the printer, wherein the recording sheet housing is configured to accommodate the recording sheets such that a surface of each recording sheet, on which ink is not transferred by the thermal head during a printing operation, faces the first and second ink-sheet housings, and wherein the roller plate and the set of rollers are configured to convey the recording sheet ejected through the first opening of the recording sheet housing to the thermal head in such a manner that the surface of the recording sheet on which ink is not transferred by the thermal head, and which faced the first and second ink-sheet housing when accommodated in the recording sheet housing, faces away from the first and second ink-sheet housings when the recording sheet is transferred to the thermal head.