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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Uchida, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/65 (2013.01); G03G 15/5029 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide an image printing apparatus, a reading apparatus, an image printing method, and a printing medium conveyance method, with which occurrence of image unevenness or streaks due to conveyance is prevented, an image sensor reads an image area, so as to detect a conveyance amount of a printing medium. Further, the conveyance amount is corrected according to a distance between the image sensor and the printing medium, which is detected by a height detection sensor, so as to obtain a highly accurate conveyance amount.