US 12,064,959 B2
Printing apparatus with detachable placement unit
Itaru Wada, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuyuki Asai, Tokyo (JP); Hiromasa Yoneyama, Kanagawa (JP); Ryohei Maruyama, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshiaki Suzuki, Chiba (JP); Tomohito Abe, Kanagawa (JP); Tsutomu Obata, Tokyo (JP); and Noriyuki Aoki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,890.
Application 17/888,890 is a continuation of application No. 17/192,003, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,541,674.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-039214 (JP), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388318 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0095 (2013.01) [B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 3/46 (2013.01); B41J 11/66 (2013.01); B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multifunction printing apparatus, having a printing function and a scanner function, and comprising:
a mounting unit onto which a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape is mounted;
a stacking unit onto which a plurality of cut sheets that are not wound in a rolled shape are stacked;
a first pair of rollers configured to convey one of the roll sheet and a cut sheet in a conveyance direction to a printing unit configured to print an image by ejecting a liquid; and
a second pair of rollers provided downstream of the printing unit in the conveyance direction, and configured to convey one of the roll sheet and the cut sheet printed by the printing unit, wherein
the second pair of rollers holds the cut sheet, after completion of printing, while not conveying the cut sheet, and
a placement unit detachably attached to the multifunction printing apparatus, the placement unit being configured to place the cut sheets onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.