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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Kosuke Inuzuka, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshimitsu Taniguchi, Tajimi, JP;
Yasuo Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a printing part having an installment part in which a cartridge usable for printing an image is installable, the printing part being configured to print the image on a print medium and configured to move to an exchange position in a scanning direction; and a processing unit having a processing part configured to move while making contact with the print medium, which has the image printed thereon by the printing part, to thereby perform a processing of the print medium, at least a part of the processing unit being positioned at a standby position which is shifted in the scanning direction with respect to the exchange position in a case that the cartridge is installed or detached with respect to the printing part.