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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Yanagi, Chiba, JP;
Junichi Ochi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kota Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus detects a first mark on a continuous sheet indicating a formation position of an image, prints a plurality of color planes corresponding to the image in an overlapping manner at the formation position, and prints a plurality of second marks corresponding to each of the plurality of color planes. The printing start timing of the color plane is adjusted to resolve a shift in each of the color planes based on a calculated positional shift amount. The plurality of second marks overlaps the first mark in the sheet width direction. Where the number of plurality of color planes is M, M second marks are printed side by side between the first marks adjacent to each other in the sheet conveyance direction, and the positional shift amount is calculated by taking detected M marks as the second mark by switching operation modes based on the color of the detected mark.