US 12,137,789 B2
Printing apparatus and controlling method
Naoya Ogawa, Kanagawa (JP); Akira Sugiyama, Kanagawa (JP); and Soma Nakai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/695,887.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053659 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304448 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 29/22 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); A45D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/04 (2013.01) [A45D 29/22 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); A45D 2029/005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printer configured to perform printing on a first target object and a second target object by ejecting a liquid in a first direction;
a first finger holder on which the first target object is placeable;
a second finger holder on which the second target object is placeable;
a first adjustor configured to adjust a first distance in the first direction between the first target object placed on the first finger holder and the printer;
a second adjustor configured to adjust a second distance in the first direction between the second target object placed on the second finger holder and the printer; and
a controller configured to control at least one of the first adjustor and the second adjustor such that the first distance is smaller than the second distance in a case of printing on the first target object, wherein
each of the first adjustor and the second adjustor use a motor as a drive source, with the first adjustor and the second adjustor using the same motor as the drive source.