Patent ID: 7553097

Claim:
Device for detecting end of paper for a printer, wherein said paper is wound on a roll placed in a housing, said roll being adapted to assume different positions in said housing, respectively when said printer is in a first, or in a second operating position, said detecting device comprising sensor means adapted to cooperate with a core of said roll, when said roll contains a predetermined minimum length of paper, wherein said sensor means comprises a lever movable with respect to said housing, comprising two arms bearing at one end a respective projecting element each projecting element being adapted to engage a hole in said core, respectively when said printer is in said first, or in said second operating position, wherein said device further comprises a support mounted to linearly slide on a lateral wall of the housing, and moved by a cam-type regulating member, rotating on said wall, to adapt the position of each of said projecting elements to different dimensions of said core.