Printer.

摘要

A printer for transferring an image onto recording paper (302) that is transported along an input path to a printing station and from said station to an output path, wherein said station and said paths being aligned in substantially the same processing flow direction, comprises an input means (312) for conveying a sheet of recording paper (302) along said input path; an output means (313) for conveying a sheet of recording paper (302) along said output path; a cylindrical platen roller (303) disposed at said printing station and comprising a longitudinal axis of rotation, disposed orthogonal to said processing flow direction, and a circumferential outer surface, said roller (303) being disposed so that said circumferential surface is substantially tangential to both said input path and said output path; said output means comprising a discharge mechanism for receiving said sheet (302) in said processing flow direction and for moving said sheet in a direction (B) substantially orthogonal to said processing flow direction. <IMAGE>