Patent ID: 6230617
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B41C

Abstract:
A printer comprising:a porous rotatable ink drum having master clamping means for clamping a leading edge of a master in a part of an outer periphery thereof;master making means for perforating a stencil in accordance with image data to thereby produce the master and conveying said master to be wrapped around said ink drum;cutting means for cutting the stencil perforated by said master making means at a preselected length to thereby separate the master; andmaster holding means positioned upstream of said cutting means in a direction of master transport, said master holding means including a pair of master holding portions each configured to hold an opposite side edge of the master near to the leading edge, with each of the master holding portions including displacing means for causing said master holding portions to move in a width-wise direction of said master.