Printer with automatic print-mode setting device

Claim 1

A printer having an automatic print-mode setting device, and adapted to be optionally equipped with a sheet feeder for supplying cut sheets to the printer one after another, said printer comprising: a printing mechanism for effecting a printing operation according to text data representative of a text to be printed; printing control means for controlling said printing mechanism based on said text data; detector means for detecting the presence of said sheet feeder on the printer, said detector means generating a feeder-presence signal and a feeder-absence signal which are indicative of the presence and absence of said sheet feeder, respectively; default-value setting means responsive to said feeder-presence signal, for automatically setting a default value of the printing control means to a value for establishing a continous printing mode in which said printing mechanism is automatically activated to perform a top-of-form action after the completion of printing of the last line on each cut sheet, said default-value setting means being responsive to said feeder-absence signal, for automatically setting said default value to a value for establishing a single-page printing mode in which said printing mechanism is automatically stopped after the printing of the last line on each cut sheet; and operator-controlled default-value changeover means for changing the default value from the value set by said default-value setting means, to the other value.