Patent ID: 6979080
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer, comprising: a print head including nozzles that eject ink on a recording medium sheet; first and second rollers provided on a sheet feeding path for feeding said sheet therealong; a platen provided between said first and second rollers for guiding said sheet on said sheet feeding path; a guide roller disposed between said nozzles and said second roller on said feeding path in the vicinity of said second roller, a rotation axis of said guide roller being fixed with respect to said feeding path; and a pinch roller elastically biased towards said second roller to press said sheet against said second roller, wherein said guide roller is disposed such that said guide roller contacts said sheet below a top surface of said platen, and said pinch roller is disposed such that a nip point where said pinch roller and said second roller contact said sheet is located below said top surface of said platen.