PURPOSE: To prevent a jam of thin paper or the like and improve reliability of paper feed, in a multiple paper separator feeder for a printer and the like, by conveying a sheet of paper with a feed roller and arranging a conveying means in the downstream of a friction separating means in a range for said sheet of paper not causing a buckle.

CONSTITUTION: A distance L, from a contact point 20 between a feed roller 5 and friction member 6 to a paper sheet holding point 22 by conveying rollers 11, 11', provided in the downstream, is arranged to a distance such that the uppermost paper a-1 is carried out by the roller 5 to reach the conveying rollers 11, 11' without being buckled. In this constitution, resistance, applied to the lower side of a sheet of paper 1-n by a spring 17 through the friction member 6, is adjusted not to exceed buckling reaction force corresponding to the distance L. In this way, even a sheet of thin paper can be surely fed without causing a jam.