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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohei Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Tomohito Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image; a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.