Patent ID: 7589753

Claim:
A printer conveying a recording sheet and printing an image on the recording sheet with a recording device, the printer comprising: a circular path facilitating circulating the recording sheet, wherein the recording sheet is conveyed around the circular path so that the recording device repeats printing on the recording sheet in different colors; a sheet feeder configured to feed the recording sheet; a sheet outlet; first and second roller pairs provided on the circular path and configured to convey the recording sheet, the first roller pair being disposed between the sheet feeder and the recording device, and the second roller pair being disposed between the recording device and the sheet outlet; an ejecting path diverging from the circular path and provided between the second roller pair and the sheet outlet; and a switch provided at the junction of the circular path and the ejecting path and configured to switch a conveyance route of the recording sheet between the circular path and the ejecting path.