Patent ID: 6068418
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
In a printer of a type having a print station and a guide path extending from a media roll station to the print station, guide apparatus comprising:an inner edge guide extending along and defining an inner side edge portion of the path; andmeans for allowing side loading of media into the guide path through an outer side thereof opposite said side edge portion without requiring manual retraction of a structural element defining a side portion of the guide path, and for providing proper lateral tracking of the media through the print station;wherein said means for allowing side loading and for providing lateral tracking comprises a retractable outer edge guide biased into a position extending along and defining an outer side edge portion of the path opposite said inner side edge portion, said outer edge guide being automatically retractable in response to media being passed thereover and moved into the guide path through said outer side.