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Printing apparatus and control method

US11504984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2021
Grant dateNov 22, 2022
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/009
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus provides a conveyance operation in which a conveyance unit conveys a print medium in a conveyance direction, and includes a control unit to control a printing unit such that, in a case where an image is to be printed onto a print medium of a first type in a first state in which the print medium of the first type is supported by a first conveyance member and not supported by a second conveyance member, the printing unit uses a printing element included in a first region from which a distance to the print medium of the first type in a height direction perpendicular to a surface where the printing elements are arrayed is a first distance, and does not use a printing element included in a second region from which a distance to the print medium of the first type in the height direction is a second distance greater than the first distance.

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