Patent ID: 6070977
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet printer comprising:a rotary drum for rotating at a constant speed and holding a printing medium on a peripheral surface thereof;a print head having ink-jet nozzles aligned in an axial direction of said rotary drum, for performing printing by providing ink from said ink-jet nozzles on the printing medium rotating together with said rotary drum; anda medium feeding mechanism for feeding the printing medium from a cassette and a manual feed tray to said rotary drum;wherein said medium feeding mechanism includes:a loading roller unit for loading the printing medium on the rotary drum,a pickup section for picking up a printing medium from one of said cassette and said manual feed tray to strike a leading end of the printing medium against said loading roller unit, said pickup section including a medium feed path which guides the printing medium picked up from one of said cassette and said manual feed tray to said loading roller unit via a merging point and having a bend accepting space located at the merging point for accepting a bend of the printing medium, anda control section for controlling said pickup section such that the printing medium is elastically deformed in the bend accepting space upon strike against said loading roller unit, and for controlling said loading roller unit such that the printing medium is loaded on said rotary drum after the posture of the printing medium is corrected by an elastic force of deformation.