Patent ID: 7955012

Claim:
A printer comprising: a printing head; a carriage mounting the printing head, the carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path extending along a width direction of a sheet to be printed; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path; wherein the selecting mechanism comprises: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force receiving members; a selecting member for connecting the force outputting member to one of the plurality of force receiving members via the selecting member, wherein the selecting member moves in association with the carriage when the carriage moves in a vicinity of the second end in a first direction extending from the first end to the second end; and a position retainer for keeping the position of the selecting member when the carriage moves in a second direction extending from the second end to the first end through an entire range of motion of the carriage in the second direction, and wherein the force receiving member connected to the force outputting member via the selecting member is selected in accordance with a movement of the carriage along the reciprocating path.