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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a printing apparatus which prints while reciprocating a carriage by a motor, comprising a gear member configured to be attached to a rotor of the motor, a belt configured to be attached to the carriage, to include unevenness corresponding to teeth of the gear member, and to be suspended to be engaged with the gear member, a storage unit configured to store data of a signal for suppressing a velocity fluctuation of the carriage when no tooth jumping occurs between the gear member and the belt, a detection unit configured to detect generation of the tooth jumping from the velocity fluctuation of the carriage during movement of the carriage, and a correction unit configured to correct the velocity fluctuation of the carriage by using the stored data of the signal for suppressing when the tooth jumping occurs.