US 12,257,826 B2
Printing apparatus
Kosuke Inuzuka, Nagoya (JP); Yusuke Arai, Nagoya (JP); and Isao Kobayashi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,782.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-211488 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202214 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/663 (2013.01) [B41J 13/0009 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a conveying unit configured to convey a printing medium in a conveying direction, the printing medium having an upstream end and a downstream end in the conveying direction;
a printing unit configured to print an image on the printing medium conveyed by the conveying unit;
a processing unit including a processing member and configured to execute a processing action for processing the printing medium, by moving the processing member while causing the processing member to contact the printing medium; and
a controller configured to execute:
a processing process for causing the processing unit to execute the processing action with respect to the printing medium by moving the processing unit from a first position to a second position along an intersecting direction intersecting with the conveying direction;
a first conveying process for causing the conveying unit to convey the printing medium in the conveying direction until the upstream end of the printing medium moves to a position downstream in the conveying direction from the processing unit, after the processing process; and
a first moving process for moving the processing unit from the second position to the first position after the first conveying process.