Patent ID: 6862428

Claim:
A printer, comprising: a first sheet path; a print head, disposed with respect to the first sheet path to perform printing on a recording sheet; a transporting roller pair including a first roller and a second roller, adapted to transport the recording sheet in a first direction toward the print head and a second direction opposed to the first direction; a second sheet path, branched from the first sheet path at a branching position spaced from the transporting roller pair in the second direction, the second sheet oath extending along an outer periphery of the first roller, and joined to the first sheet path at a joining position between the transporting roller pair and the print head; and a path switcher, disposed in the vicinity of the branching position so as to be placed at a first position for selecting the first sheet path and a second position for selecting the second sheet path, so that a path of the recording sheet transported in the second direction is selectively switched between the first sheet path and the second sheet path.