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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Suto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiro Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Daigo Kuronuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Shimamura, Saitama, JP;
Ryo Harigae, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouhei Tokuda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.