Card transport mechanism and printer including it

• Main Authors: IKEGAMI MAKOTO C O SEIKO EPSON, OTSUKI NOBORU C O SEIKO EPSON, NEBASHI MITSUHIKO C O SEIKO EP, MURAKOSHI KEIJI C O SEIKO EPSO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.03.1995
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

Described are a card transport mechanism for a printer and a printer that can be easily and optionally equipped with such mechanism to enable printing on card type print media. To that end a card transport mechanism structured as a single unit (CTU) is provided to be installed in the printer. This c...