Patent ID: 8096718
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer for performing printing on a paper surface while feeding paper from a paper roll, comprising, as a common configuration common to a receipt printer for printing a receipt and to a ticket printer for printing a ticket, a lower frame on which the paper roll is loaded; an upper frame for openably covering the lower frame; and a print head printing on a paper surface; and performing printing by the use of the print head on a paper surface while feeding paper form a paper roll; wherein the printer further selectively comprises one of exclusive configurations exclusive for the receipt printer and the ticket printer so as to be attached to the common configuration; wherein each of the exclusive configurations includes: a front cover configuration covering a front part of the lower frame and a front part of the upper frame, and a cutting configuration cutting configuration for cutting a printed part of the paper roll, and; wherein the front cover configuration as the exclusive configuration for the receipt printer includes a first lower cover and a first upper cover, an end of the first lower cover and an end of the first upper cover opposed to the end of the first lower cover defining a first paper eject slot exclusive for the receipt printer and ejecting the printed part of the paper roll; wherein the cutting configuration as the exclusive configuration for the receipt printer includes a fixed blade and a movable cutter unit opposed to the fixed blade through the paper roll and driven by a driving source to cut the paper roll in cooperation with the fixed blade; wherein the front cover configuration as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer includes a second lower cover removably mounted on the lower frame and a second upper cover removably mounted on the upper frame, an end of the second lower cover and an end of the second upper cover opposed to the end of the second lower cover defining a second paper eject slot exclusive for the ticket printer, for ejecting the printed part of the paper roll; wherein the cutting configuration as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer includes a hand cutter wherein the hand cutter is integrally formed as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer on at least one of the second lower cover and the second upper cover included in the front cover configuration; wherein the first lower cover included in the front cover configuration and the movable cutter unit included in the cutting configuration are mounted as the exclusive configuration for the receipt printer on the lower frame as the common configuration, while the first upper cover included in the front cover configuration and the fixed cutter included in the cutting configuration are mounted as the exclusive configuration for the receipt printer on the lower frame as the common configuration; or wherein the second lower cover included in the front cover configuration is mounted as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer on the lower frame as the common configuration, or the second lower cover included in the front cover configuration and the hand cutter included in the cutting configuration are mounted as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer on the lower frame as the common configuration, while wherein the second upper cover included in the front cover configuration is mounted as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer on the upper frame as the common configuration, or the second upper cover included in the front cover configuration and the hand cutter included in the cutting configuration are mounted as the exclusive configuration for the ticket printer on the upper frame as the common configuration.