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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Tokoname, JP;
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Tokoname, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a medium casing which accommodates at least one printing medium in a stack manner, an accommodated medium conveying unit which conveys the at least one printing medium accommodated in the medium casing from a first medium standby position to a second medium standby position, a feeding unit which feeds an outermost printing medium of the at least one printing medium conveyed to the second medium standby position from the medium casing, a printing medium conveying unit which conveys the fed printing medium from the feeding unit to a printing position, a print head which is disposed at a position opposed to the printing position and carries out a printing process on a printing surface of the conveyed printing medium, and a brush which brushes off the printing surface of the printing medium at a position between the second medium standby position and the printing position.