Patent ID: 8727648

Claim:
A printer comprising: a printing head; a carriage mounting the printing head, the carriage being movable between an end of a first side and an end of a second side of a reciprocating path extending along a direction; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second side, wherein the driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism comprises: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of driving force receiving members; a selecting member arranged to connect the common driving force outputting member to one of the plurality of driving force receiving members via the selecting member, wherein the selecting member is arranged to move from a default position to a first selected position when the carriage moves to a first carriage position in a predetermined region of the second side; and a position retainer comprising a receiving portion arranged to receive the selecting member by contacting the selecting member, the receiving portion of the position retainer being arranged to retain the selecting member at the first selected position by receiving the selecting member even when the carriage moves to an outside of the predetermined region after having moved to the first carriage position in the predetermined region.