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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisatsugu Naito, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/008 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); G06K 15/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a splice of a continuous sheet is detected, a printing apparatus defines an unprintable area including the splice on the continuous sheet and continues printing by changing the order in which unit images and maintenance patterns are printed so that the unprintable area is not used for the print operation and a maintenance pattern is printed in an area subsequent to the unprintable area.