US 12,403,705 B2
Printing apparatus for printing on cut sheets and roll sheets
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 Jul. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/774,400.
Application 18/774,400 is a continuation of application No. 17/888,890, filed on Aug. 16, 2022, granted, now 12,064,959.
Application 17/888,890 is a continuation of application No. 17/192,003, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,541,674, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-039214 (JP), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0367445 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a stacking unit onto which a plurality of cut sheets that are not wound in a rolled shape are stacked;
a mounting unit onto which a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape is mounted;
a first pair of rollers configured to convey the cut sheet, as a print medium, stacked on the stacking unit, or a sheet, as a print medium, pulled out of the roll sheet mounted on the mounting unit in a conveyance direction to a printing unit configured to print an image by ejecting a liquid;
a second pair of rollers, provided downstream of the printing unit in the conveyance direction, configured to convey the print medium onto which printing by the printing unit has been completed; and
a front wall provided with a discharge port through which the print medium conveyed by the second pair of rollers is discharged,
wherein the printing apparatus is operable in a first state in which a portion for receiving the print medium discharged from the discharge port is provided on the outside of the front wall, and a second state in which the portion is not provided, and
wherein, in the second state, the sheet, pulled out of the roll sheet, discharged from the discharge port is held by the second pair of rollers.