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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Nozawa, Tochigi, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Wakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryutaro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Waichiro Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus, having a printing unit, includes a first holding unit, a conveyance unit, a first cutting unit arranged between the printing unit and the first holding unit, a second cutting unit arranged between the printing unit and the first cutting unit, and a control unit. The first holding unit holds a sheet. The conveyance unit conveys the sheet to the printing unit. The first cutting unit cuts the sheet fed from the first holding unit. The second cutting unit cuts the sheet fed from the first holding unit. The control unit determines, in accordance with a length in a conveyance direction of a product to be printed on the sheet by the printing unit, whether to cut the sheet fed from the first holding unit by the first cutting unit or the second cutting unit.