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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomofumi Nishida, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Noriyuki Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuyuki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Ito, Machida, JP;
Naoki Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Syunichi Kunihiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet, a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap each other, a determination unit configured to determine whether the leading edge of the succeeding sheet overlaps the trailing edge of the preceding sheet, and a delay unit configured to delay conveyance of the preceding sheet when the determination unit determines that the leading edge of the succeeding sheet does not overlap the trailing edge of the preceding sheet.