An image recording apparatus includes: a first accommodating part which accommodates a first medium; a second accommodating part which accommodates a second medium; a conveyor which selectively conveys the first medium and the second medium in a conveying direction; and a recording part which records an image on a medium conveyed by the conveyor. The conveyor has roller pairs including a first roller pair and second roller pairs. The first roller pair is disposed upstream of the recording part in the conveying direction. Each of the second roller pairs is disposed upstream of the first roller pair in the conveying direction. The first medium is conveyed along a first conveyance path and the second medium is conveyed along a second conveyance path. The first and second conveyance paths join at a joining point between the first roller pair and the second roller pairs in the conveying direction.

In general, according to one embodiment, a paper sheet storage device that is capable of accurately detecting a near end of a stored roll paper sheet is provided. A paper sheet storage device in an embodiment includes a storage unit configured to store a roll paper sheet obtained by winding a long paper sheet, a near end detection unit configured to detect a near end since a diameter of the roll paper sheet stored in the storage unit becomes smaller, and a pressing unit configured to press the roll paper sheet stored in the storage unit in a direction of the near end detection unit.

A printing apparatus is configured to perform in a first mode in which a second driving unit drives a second spool to feed out a sheet from a roll to a printing unit via a second guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and a basket unit receives the printed sheet printed on by the printing unit, and a second mode in which a first driving unit drives a first spool to feed the out the sheet from a roll to the printing unit via a first guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and the second driving unit drives the second spool to wind up the printed sheet printed by the printing unit as a roll.

A printer includes a first housing part, a second housing part, a printing part that prints on the first paper sheet and the second paper sheet, a conveying part that includes a holding part that is configured to hold the overlapping first paper sheet and the second paper sheet respectively pulled out from a first paper roll and a second paper roll, and conveys the first paper sheet out of the first paper sheet and the second paper sheet held by the holding part to the printing part, a first paper sheet sensor that detects the presence of the first paper sheet, and a controlling part that makes the conveying part convey the second paper sheet held by the holding part to the printing part when the first paper sheet sensor detects that there is no first paper sheet to be conveyed to the printing part.

A sheet can be securely drawn out of a sheet roll irrespective of an outer diameter of the sheet roll, and then, can be conveyed. A driven roller moves according to the outer diameter of the sheet roll, so as to be brought into press-contact with an outer periphery of the sheet roll from below, with respect to the direction of gravity, irrespective of the outer diameter of the sheet roll. An arm member moves according to the outer diameter of the sheet roll, so as to guide a lower side of the sheet drawn through above the driven roller irrespective of the outer diameter of the sheet roll.

A fabric spreading machine has a chassis, an unspooling cradle of opposing proximal and distal drive belt assemblies and a tilting actuator interfacing the cradle and the chassis. The tilting actuator is configured to position the cradle in an unspooling position wherein the cradle is raised to provide clearance under the cradle for piled fabric lengths as the chassis traverses the fabric spreading table in use and in a loading position wherein the cradle is lowered and a proximal drive belt assembly is lowered towards the fabric spreading table to a lesser angle to allow a replacement spool to be more easily loaded into the cradle.

A printer is disclosed that includes a platen roller assembly, a frame, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly is operatively coupled to a first mating structure at a proximal end of an axle of the platen roller assembly to automatically rotate the axle via the proximal end of the axle during a printing operation. The axle is manually rotated in situ via a second mating structure at a distal end during an operation to remove linerless media wrapped around the platen roller assembly.

Provided is a printing apparatus for performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll including: a roll holding unit configured to hold the roll; a support unit configured to rotatably support the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and configured to be inserted into a hollow portion of a core pipe of the roll from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a contact member provided to the core portion and configured to be put in contact with an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a cam member disposed inside the core portion and configured to pivot to a first position where the contact member is pressed onto the inner wall and to a second position where the contact member is retracted from the inner wall.

A paper feeding unit includes a paper feeding tray that is supported, between a predetermined attachment position and a predetermined drawing-out position, by a housing to be capable of sliding in parallel to a predetermined drawing-out direction and is capable of storing a winding body for roll paper and a rotating section configured to rotate the winding body according to drawing-out operation of moving the paper feeding tray from the attachment position to the drawing-out position. The attachment position is a position where the roll paper is let out from the paper feeding tray among positions to which the paper feeding tray is capable of sliding in the housing, the drawing-out position is a position a predetermined distance separated from the attachment position in the drawing-out direction among the positions to which the paper feeding tray is capable of sliding in the housing, and the rotating section causes, by rotating the winding body in a reverse rotating direction, the winding body to wind a part of the roll paper let out from the winding body.

A printing apparatus includes a roll paper compartment 15 having a first placement surface 27 on which an outer peripheral surface Ra of a roll paper R around which a recording paper P is wound is placed and accommodating the roll paper R, a thermal head 67 performing printing on the recording paper P pulled out from the roll paper R accommodated in the roll paper compartment 15, a first projecting/retracting portion 77 provided to be configured to project from or retract into the first placement surface 27, pressed by the roll paper R of which the outer peripheral surface Ra is placed on the first placement surface 27 and retracting into the first placement surface 27 when a diameter of the roll paper R is larger than a predetermined diameter, and released from the pressure by the roll paper R and protruding from the first placement surface 27 when the diameter of the roll paper R is smaller than the predetermined diameter, and a detection section detecting projection and retraction of the first projecting/retracting portion 77.