Patent ID: 7967288

Claim:
A paper supply apparatus comprising: a placement surface on which paper to be transported is placed; a fixed guide that guides the transport of the paper by making contact with one side of the paper, in the widthwise direction; a movable guide whose distance to the fixed guide in the widthwise direction of the paper is capable of being adjusted and that guides the transport of the paper by making contact with the other side of the paper, in the widthwise direction; a paper supply roller that abuts a surface of the paper in a position, between the fixed guide and the movable guide, on the side where the fixed guide is located, and that is rotationally driven so as to transport the paper; an abutment member, provided on the movable guide, that abuts the surface of the paper; and an elastic member that biases the abutment member toward the placement surface, wherein the abutment member is disposed in a position so that a second abutment point where the abutment member abuts the surface of the paper is further downstream in the transport direction of the paper than a first abutment point where the paper supply roller abuts the surface of the paper.