Supply apparatus, method for supplying print medium, and printing apparatus

A supply apparatus comprising:

• a first supply member that contacts a print medium and feeds out the print medium;
• a second supply member that contacts the print medium and feeds out the print medium;
• a support member that supports the first supply member and the second supply member;
• a separation inclined surface that applies a resistance on a front end of the print medium fed out by the first supply member or the second supply member;
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• a control unit that switches a contacting state between a first contacting state in which the first supplying member contacts with the printing medium at a first position and the second supplying member does not contact with the printing medium and a second contacting state in which the first supplying member does not contact with the printing medium and the second supplying member contacts with the printing medium at a second position that is farther away than the first position in a distance from the separation inclined surface.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a first supply member that contacts a print medium at a first position and feeds out the print medium;
• a second supply member that contacts the print medium at a second position located upstream of the first position in the feeding-out direction and feeds out the print medium;
• a drive transmission unit configured to transmit rotation of a drive shaft to the first supply member and the second supply member;
• an arm member that supports the first supply member, the second supply member and the drive transmission unit and rotates around a predetermined axis;
• a control unit that switches a contacting state between a first contacting state in which the first supplying member contacts with the printing medium and the second supplying member does not contact with the printing medium and a second contacting state in which the first supplying member does not contact with the printing medium and the second supplying member contacts with the printing medium;
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• a printing unit that performs a print on the print medium supplied from the supply apparatus.

A supply apparatus comprising:

• a supply member that contacts a print medium and feeds out the print medium;
• a support member that supports the supply member;
• a separation inclined surface that applies a resistance to a front end of the print medium fed out by the supply member;
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• a control unit that switches a contacting state between a first contacting state in which the supplying member contacts with the printing medium at a predetermined position and a second contacting state in which the supplying member contacts with the printing medium at a position further from the separation inclined surface than the predetermined position by changing a rotating direction of a drive shaft.

A supply apparatus comprising:

• a supply member that contacts a print medium and feeds out the print medium;
• a drive transmission unit configured to transmit rotation of a drive shaft to the supply member;
• an arm member that supports the supply member and the drive transmission unit and rotates around a predetermined axis, and
• a control unit that switches a contacting state between a first contacting state in which the supplying member contacts with the printing medium at a predetermined position and a second contacting state in which the supplying member contacts with the printing medium upstream of the predetermined position in the feeding-out direction by changing a rotating direction of the drive shaft.