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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Kashimura, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyoshi Onoda, Yokohama, JP;
Haruo Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Ohyama, Mitaka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347-8 ; 400 55 ; 400 56 ;
Abstract
A printing apparatus and method can maintain an appropriate spacing between a print head and the overall printing surface of printing media of a wide range of thicknesses, with a platen mechanism that allows the printing medium to move in parallel displacement, namely both in a direction downstream along the advance of the printing medium and in a direction away from the print head.