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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Toriihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Toriihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction.