To exactly carry stored paper to a paper re-feed position in a double-sided printer with a storage part.
The double-sided printer 1 having the storage part 5 includes a paper supply means 51 which makes the storage part 5 supply the paper P2 by moving it on a supply surface 5d, a paper conveying means 53 which holds the lower end P2L of the paper P2, conveys the paper P2 to the side of a delivery surface 5e with a prescribed clearance S formed between the lower ends P2L, and cancels the holding in the vicinity of the delivery surface 5e, a paper pressing means 55 which presses the upper end P2U of the paper P2 toward the delivery surface 5e to make the upper ends P2U lie one upon another, a paper delivery means 56 which carries the paper P2 on the delivery surface 5e outside while the upper ends P2U are pressed to each other to make them lie one upon another, a paper counter 57 which counts the number of paper in the storage part 5, a blower means 54 which supplies gas into the clearance S of the papers P2 in the vicinity of the delivery surface 5e, and a control means 58 which controls the supply of the gas into the clearance S of the blower means 54 based on the number of paper.
NOGUCHI YOSHIHIRO
Go Sakuma
Keiichi Azuma