Printing apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinya Kogure
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a printing apparatus is provided which comprises an image forming unit to form an ink image on a transfer member; a heater to heat the ink image on the transfer member; a transfer unit to transfer the ink image on the transfer member to a print medium; a conveyer to convey the print medium; and a controller to control the image forming so as to complete the heating when the print medium conveyed by the conveyer is to be stopped at a predetermined position, stop the conveyance when the heating is completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position, and continue the conveyance when the heating is not completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position.
Claims14
A printing apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an ink image on a transfer member;
- a heating unit configured to heat the ink image formed on the transfer member;
- a transfer unit configured to transfer the ink image on the transfer member heated by the heating unit to a print medium;
- a conveyance unit configured to convey the print medium to which the ink image is transferred;
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- a control unit configured to perform control so as to complete the heating by the heating unit in a case in which the print medium conveyed by the conveyance unit is to be stopped at a predetermined position, stop the conveyance in a case in which the heating is completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position, and continue the conveyance in a case in which the heating is not completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position.
A control method of a printing apparatus that includes an image forming unit configured to form an ink image on a transfer member, a heating unit configured to heat the ink image formed on the transfer member, a transfer unit configured to transfer the ink image on the transfer member heated by the heating unit to a print medium, and a conveyance unit configured to convey the print medium to which the ink image is transferred, the method comprising:
- causing the heating unit to complete the heating in a case in which the print medium conveyed by the conveyance unit is to be stopped at a predetermined position, stopping the conveyance in a case in which the heating is completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position, and continuing the conveyance in a case in which the heating is not completed before the print medium arrives at the predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.