Feeding apparatus, printing apparatus and feeding control method

A feeding apparatus which is connected to a printing apparatus having a transporting roller for transporting a printing medium in a predetermined transporting direction and for printing an image on the printing medium, said feeding apparatus for feeding the printing medium to said printing apparatus and having a stacking member for stacking a plurality of printing mediums to be fed to said printing apparatus one by one, comprising:

• a feeding roller for feeding the printing mediums stacked on the stacking member one by one toward a transportation start position for said transporting roller;
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• control means for demanding said printing apparatus to perform transportation of the printing medium by said transporting roller, when a predetermined delay period from initiation of feeding the printing medium by said feeding roller in the transporting direction in which the printing medium is transported by said transporting roller has passed, after feeding the printing medium to said transportation start position for said transporting roller.

A printing apparatus printing an image on a printing medium by using a printing head, the printing medium being fed to said printing apparatus by a feeding roller from a feeding apparatus having a stacking member for stacking a plurality of printing mediums to be fed to said printing apparatus one by one, comprising:

• a transporting roller for transporting the printing medium in a predetermined transporting direction;
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• control means for controlling transporting of the printing medium by said transporting roller, when a predetermined delay period from initiation of feeding the printing medium by said feeding roller in a transporting direction in which the printing medium is transported by said transporting roller has passed, after feeding the printing medium to a transportation start position for said transporting roller.

A printing apparatus connected to a feeding apparatus for feeding a printing medium in a predetermined feeding direction with a feeding roller, from a stacking member for stacking a plurality of printing mediums to be fed one by one to said printing apparatus, said printing apparatus for printing an image on the printing medium with a printing head, comprising:

• a transporting roller for transporting the printing medium fed from said feeding apparatus in a predetermined transporting direction;
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• control means for controlling transporting of the printing medium by said transporting roller, when a predetermined delay period from initiation of feeding the printing medium by said feeding roller in the transporting direction in which the printing medium is transported by said transporting roller has passed, after feeding the printing medium to a transportation start position for said transporting roller.

A feeding control method for transporting a printing medium, fed from a feeding apparatus having a feeding roller and a stacking member for stacking a plurality of printing mediums to be fed one by one, in a predetermined transporting direction by a transporting roller, comprising a step of:

• transporting the printing medium by said transporting roller, when a predetermined delay period from initiation of feeding the printing medium by said feeding roller in the transporting direction in which the printing medium is transported by said transporting roller has passed, after feeding the printing medium to a transportation start position for said transporting roller.