A plate material conveyance apparatus, disposed next to a plate processing machine, includes an unprocessed plate material placement unit, a processed plate material placement unit, a loader, an unloader and a temporary placement table. The loader reciprocally moves between the unprocessed plate material placement unit and the plate processing machine to deliver an unprocessed plate material onto the plate processing machine. The unloader reciprocally moves in parallel to and below the loader between the unprocessed plate material placement unit and the plate processing machine, and delivers a processed plate material from the plate processing machine to the temporary placement table positioned above the unprocessed plate material placement unit. The temporary placement table slides between the unprocessed plate material placement unit and the plate processing machine, and transfers the processed plate material, received from the unloader, to the processed plate material placement unit.

A dual-use automatic document feeder includes a tilted feeding path, a horizontal feeding path, a U-turn feeding path, an upper scanning unit and a movable document guider. The horizontal feeding path includes a front opening and a rear opening. The U-turn feeding path is connected between the tilted feeding path and the horizontal feeding path. The upper scanning unit is positioned between the front opening and the rear opening. The movable document guider is positioned at a junction between the U-turn feeding path and the horizontal feeding path. The movable document guider has a pivot end pivotally connected to the U-turn feeding path, a guiding arm slantwise extended downward and rearward from the pivot end to the horizontal feeding path, a blocking end positioned at a terminal end of the guiding arm, and an actuating end positioned at a terminal end of the blocking end.

A dual-use automatic document feeder includes a tilted feeding path, a horizontal feeding path, a U-turn feeding path, an upper scanning unit and a movable document guider. The horizontal feeding path includes a front opening and a rear opening. The U-turn feeding path is connected between the tilted feeding path and the horizontal feeding path. The upper scanning unit is positioned between the front opening and the rear opening. The movable document guider is positioned at a junction between the U-turn feeding path and the horizontal feeding path. The movable document guider has a pivot end pivotally connected to the U-turn feeding path, a guiding arm slantwise extended downward and rearward from the pivot end to the horizontal feeding path, a blocking end positioned at a terminal end of the guiding arm, and an actuating end positioned at a terminal end of the blocking end.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a card conveying mechanism capable of conveying a card in a horizontal direction and allowing for less space in a higher-level apparatus to be taken up even if the card conveying mechanism is capable of making the card parallel to the horizontal direction or tilting the card relative to the horizontal direction. The card conveying mechanism is provided with a card holder that has a draw and feed mechanism for drawing and feeding a card and temporarily holds the card therein, a draw and feed driving mechanism for driving the draw and feed mechanism, a carriage where the card holder is mounted, a carriage driving mechanism for moving the carriage linearly in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction in which the card is drawn into the card holder and a rotating mechanism for rotating the card holder with respect to the carriage around an axis in which the carriage moves.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a card conveying mechanism capable of conveying a card in a horizontal direction and allowing for less space in a higher-level apparatus to be taken up even if the card conveying mechanism is capable of making the card parallel to the horizontal direction or tilting the card relative to the horizontal direction. The card conveying mechanism is provided with a card holder that has a draw and feed mechanism for drawing and feeding a card and temporarily holds the card therein, a draw and feed driving mechanism for driving the draw and feed mechanism, a carriage where the card holder is mounted, a carriage driving mechanism for moving the carriage linearly in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction in which the card is drawn into the card holder and a rotating mechanism for rotating the card holder with respect to the carriage around an axis in which the carriage moves.

A control unit of a paper processing apparatus controls a driving unit such that pressing by a pressing member is released after an end portion of a paper bundle pressed by the pressing member is cut by a cutting blade, and controls, when determining that a front end portion of a removal member does not reach the pressing member at a position of the pressing member in a state in which the pressing by the pressing member has been released, the driving unit to move the pressing member to a position at which the front end portion of the removal member reaches the pressing member after the paper bundle is taken out.

A control unit of a paper processing apparatus controls a driving unit such that pressing by a pressing member is released after an end portion of a paper bundle pressed by the pressing member is cut by a cutting blade, and controls, when determining that a front end portion of a removal member does not reach the pressing member at a position of the pressing member in a state in which the pressing by the pressing member has been released, the driving unit to move the pressing member to a position at which the front end portion of the removal member reaches the pressing member after the paper bundle is taken out.

The medium supporting device comprises an electrostatic chucking mat generating an electrostatic chucking force by being energized, and a support for supporting the electrostatic chucking mat movably in a first direction. The support is removably connected to a cutting plotter. The cutting plotter includes a medium feeding mechanism for moving a medium reciprocally in the first direction. The electrostatic chucking mat is moved by the medium feeding mechanism while the medium is chucked.

In an example, a print media transport apparatus comprises a plurality of pallets having a self-propulsion mechanism, and being to support print media. The pallets may circulate on an endless track comprising a printing zone, a descending zone and an ascending zone. A controller may control the self-propulsion mechanisms of the pallets such that a pallet on the descending zone is at least partially supported by another pallet which is ahead on the track, and a pallet on the ascending zone is at least partially driven by pallet which follows on the track.

In an example, a print media transport apparatus comprises a plurality of pallets having a self-propulsion mechanism, and being to support print media. The pallets may circulate on an endless track comprising a printing zone, a descending zone and an ascending zone. A controller may control the self-propulsion mechanisms of the pallets such that a pallet on the descending zone is at least partially supported by another pallet which is ahead on the track, and a pallet on the ascending zone is at least partially driven by pallet which follows on the track.