PRINTER FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer for an electronic voting apparatus which is capable of smoothly transporting a recording sheet having a free end at an end thereof with a small transport load, and which is reduced in size and is simplified in structure. SOLUTION: Fanfold paper 16 is accommodated in a container 7 mounted on a casing 6a of a printer 6. The fanfold paper 16 supplied into the casing 6a from the container 7 is printed with contents of a vote input by a voter using a touch panel with a recording head 9, is transported to a platen roller 10, and enters a gap 12c of a window portion 12 through a guide 13. The voter in a voting booth confirms printed contents (contents of the vote) from the window portion 12, and carries out a process of approving the contents of the vote. Then, a recording head 9 is used to print characters representing the approval, and the fanfold paper 16 is cut by a cutter portion 11. The cut portion of the fanfold paper 16 is discharged by a discharge roller 14 from a discharge opening 15. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT