US 12,220,908 B2
Printing apparatus, and control method
Akiyoshi Sahara, Chiba (JP); and Kaede Ono, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,699.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-186522 (JP), filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150280 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/663 (2013.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printhead including a discharge port configured to discharge ink;
a cap member configured to be moved between a capped position at which the discharge port is covered by the cap member and a non-capped position away from the capped position;
a conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium to the printhead;
a cutting unit configured to cut the print medium on which an image is formed by the printhead; and
a processor configured to control the cutting unit based on a cutting instruction of a user in a case in which a cutting setting is set,
wherein in the case in which the cutting setting is set,
the cap member waits for the cutting instruction at the non-capped position,
preliminary discharge for discharging ink from the discharge port to the cap member is performed during a wait time for the cutting instruction, and
the cap member is moved to the capped position after the wait time for the cutting instruction reaches a predetermined time.