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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus including: a web conveyance unit that conveys a web; a printing unit that prints an image on the web; a web discharging unit that discharges the web on which the image is formed with the printing unit, the web discharging unit being placed downstream of the printing unit; and a web withdrawal unit that withdraws the web into the printing apparatus, the web withdrawal unit including a web withdrawal roller and at least one pressing roller. When the printing apparatus is in a print waiting state, the printing apparatus drives the web withdrawal roller intermittently, while a pressing force from the at least one of the pressing roller is maintained, so as to convey the web intermittently.