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Printing apparatus and printing method

US9415960B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 2015
Grant dateAug 16, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/15
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet is conveyed with no slack between a first conveying path and a second conveying path, thus allowing a high-quality image to be printed on the sheet and suppressing a possible sheet jam. A conveying path with a changeable conveying path length is provided between a first conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a second conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers.

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