Patent ID: 7420579
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer having a printer main body, a print head for executing a print operation on a sheet loaded in the printer main body, and a sheet sensor for executing a predetermined detecting operation on the sheet, wherein the print head is movable between a print position at which the print head is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and an evacuated position at which the print head is spaced from the sheet; the sheet sensor is movable between a detection position at which the sheet sensor is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and a non-detection position at which the sheet sensor is spaced from the sheet; and the sheet sensor is moved from the detection position to the non-detection position interlockingly with a moving operation of the print head from the print position to the evacuated position, and movable from the non-detection position to the detection position independently of the print head.