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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takakazu Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image printing apparatus includes a print head configured to print an image on a printing medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the printing medium in a conveyance direction; a detection unit movable in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction and configured to detect an end of the printing medium in the intersection direction; a cutting unit located downstream of a printing region of the print head in the conveyance direction and capable of cutting the printing medium by being moved in the intersection direction; and a control unit configured to control movement of the detection unit such that the detection unit detects a position of the end of the printing medium during movement of the cutting unit for a cutting operation of cutting the printing medium.