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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Tatsuya Otoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuya Otoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer may include a sheet conveyance unit, a sheet detection unit, an ink sheet conveyance unit, a search position detection unit, and a control unit both to execute a continuous print mode by using sets of ink portions, where each set of ink portions has ink portions of an ink sheet, and to print screens adjacent to each other. In a case where power for the printer is turned ON, the control unit conveys a sheet that has been pulled out from a sheet housing unit in a direction for returning the sheet into the housing unit using the sheet conveyance unit. In addition, the control unit calculates a leading-end detection conveyance amount until a leading end of the sheet is detected by the sheet detection unit, and determines a discharge amount of the sheet based on the leading-end detection conveyance amount.