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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Takayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahito Yoshida, Shiki, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahito Yoshida, Shiki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/663 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reference mark is formed for cutting a sheet in a region between a first image printed on the sheet being conveyed and a second image, and the sheet is cut based on the detected reference mark. The second image is printed such that the length of the region in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed corresponds to the length of the first image in the direction.