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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shou Kikuchi, Tsukubamirai, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for a printing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image to generate image data includes printing, via a printing unit, an adjustment image, which is used to adjust a printing position, in such a way that the adjustment image is in contact with an end of a sheet, detecting the end of the sheet based on adjustment image data generated by the reading unit reading the adjustment image printed on the sheet by the printing unit, obtaining an amount of shift in the printing position based on the detected end of the sheet and the adjustment image data, and controlling, based on the obtained amount of shift in the printing position, the printing unit to print an image on the sheet.