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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Goto, Fuji Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/663 (2013.01); B41J 11/666 (2013.01); B41J 11/703 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a housing, a conveying unit configured to unwind a portion of a rolled sheet and convey the unwound sheet, a printing unit configured to print an image on the unwound sheet, a cutter configured to cut off a portion of the unwound sheet, and a sheet sensor configured to detect a portion of the unwound sheet conveyed out of the housing and, upon detecting the portion, output a detection signal that causes the cutter to cut off the unwound sheet.