US 11,945,215 B2
Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus
Naoki Wakayama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,648.
Application 18/104,648 is a division of application No. 17/475,817, filed on Sep. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,597,219.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-165465 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173830 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/0036 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 13/08 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 15/18 (2013.01); B65H 2511/13 (2013.01); B65H 2511/414 (2013.01); B65H 2511/52 (2013.01); B65H 2513/42 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance roller configured to convey a roll-shaped print medium;
a printing unit configured to print an image on the print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller;
a first discharge path positioned downstream of the printing unit;
a second discharge path positioned downstream of the printing unit, wherein resistance of the print medium in a case where the print medium is conveyed through the second discharge path is lower than resistance of the print medium in a case where the print medium is conveyed through the first discharge path;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a kind of fed print medium set by a user; and
a setting unit configured to set, according to the information, a discharge destination of the print medium to be the first discharge path or the second discharge path.