Patent ID: 7413187

Claim:
A printer comprising: a paper rest having a paper sheet placement plane on which at one or more paper sheet is placed; a paper sheet feeding mechanism for feeding a paper sheet placed on the paper rest; and a printing head for printing an image on the paper sheet fed by the paper sheet feeding mechanism, wherein the paper rest further has: a fixed rest portion that is located at a downstream side in a direction of feeding of the paper sheet and fixed so that a paper sheet replacement plane thereof, on which a portion of the paper sheet is placed, is obliquely inclined in a direction of feeding of the paper sheet with respect to a horizontal plane; a movable rest portion that is located at upstream side in the direction of feeding of the paper sheet and rotatably supported on the fixed rest portion so that inclination of a paper sheet replacement plane thereof can be varied, on which remaining portion of the paper sheet is placed; and an elastic member interposed between the fixed rest portion and the movable rest portion for generating elastic force according to rotation of the movable rest portion; and wherein when no paper sheet is placed on the paper rest, the movable rest portion is held at an initial position where an angle that the paper sheet placement plane of the movable rest portion forms with the paper sheet placement plane of the fixed portion is less than 180 degrees due to elastic force of the elastic member; and the movable rest portion is rotatable backward against the elastic force of the elastic member from the initial position by self-weight of the paper sheet or paper sheets placed on the paper rest.