| CPC B41J 15/046 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 15/02 (2013.01); B65H 16/005 (2013.01); B65H 35/008 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance unit including a conveyance roller to come into contact with a sheet and configured to convey the sheet in a conveyance direction;
a print unit including nozzles for performing printing and configured to perform printing on the sheet conveyed in the conveyance direction by the conveyance unit;
a discharge port from which the sheet printed by the print unit is discharged;
a stacking portion that includes a sheet-like receptor, is located below the discharge port, and is configured to stack the sheet discharged from the discharge port; and
a holding unit including a roller, wherein the holding unit is configured to be moveable between a holding position, in which the holding unit holds the sheet by the roller coming into contact with the sheet, and a releasing position, in which the holding unit releases the sheet by the roller separating from the sheet, and
a driving unit including a driving motor configured to rotationally drive the roller in a case where the roller is at the holding position,
wherein the driving unit rotationally drives the roller in a case where the roller is at the holding position and where the sheet has a length greater than a predetermined length, and the driving unit does not rotationally drive the roller in a case where the roller is at the holding position and where the sheet has a length not greater than the predetermined length.
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