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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosuke Araki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinya Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Kanto Kurasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mika Masuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Nakaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When fixing is not necessary in a printing apparatus including a fixing unit, a sheet to be conveyed is allowed to avoid the fixing unit. Specifically, a fixing unit-bypass path is provided on a conveying path corresponding to the fixing unit. Further, when a surface treatment material is not applied to a sheet from a surface treatment material applying head, that is, when fixing processing is not performed by the fixing unit, a sheet is conveyed along a fixing unit-bypass path. Since a sheet is conveyed along an bypass path when fixing processing is not performed as described above, it is possible to prevent a sheet from being affected by heat or the like while the sheet passes through the fixing unit.