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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShuichi Tokuda, Seiji Ogasawara, Takaaki Ishida, Masakazu Tsukuda, Masaaki Matsuura, Kazuki Matsuo, Tomofumi Nishida, Yuna Hattori
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In a printing apparatus, the ends of print media fed continuously can be prevented from colliding with each other. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform a print operation, a detecting unit configured to detect a conveyance abnormality, a conveying unit configured to convey a preceding print medium and a succeeding print medium, a conveying path having a first area including a curved portion at which a conveying direction of the print medium is curved and a second area upstream of the first area, and an opening unit capable of opening the first area of the conveying path. In a case in which a leading edge of the succeeding print medium is located in the second area at the time of the detecting unit detecting conveyance abnormality of the preceding print medium, the conveying unit conveys the succeeding print medium so that the leading edge of the succeeding print medium reaches the first area.
A printing apparatus comprising:
A method of controlling a printing apparatus that comprises a printing unit configured to perform a print operation for a print medium, a detecting unit configured to detect a conveyance abnormality of a print medium, a conveying unit configured to convey a preceding print medium and a succeeding print medium, a conveying path having a curved portion in a conveying direction of the print medium and an upstream area upstream of the curved portion with respect to the conveying direction, and an opening unit capable of opening the curved portion of the conveying path, the method comprising:
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