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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Kenji Shimamura, Saitama, JP;
Ryoya Shinjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to convey the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged above the stacking portion so as to face the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the discharge passage in a conveying direction of the print medium. In the outlet port, the passage forming portion extends to the downstream side of the stacking portion in the conveying direction.