Patent ID: 11945215
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance roller configured to convey a roll-shaped print medium;
a printing unit configured to print an image on the print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller;
a first discharge path positioned downstream of the printing unit;
a second discharge path positioned downstream of the printing unit, wherein resistance of the print medium in a case where the print medium is conveyed through the second discharge path is lower than resistance of the print medium in a case where the print medium is conveyed through the first discharge path;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a kind of fed print medium set by a user; and
a setting unit configured to set, according to the information, a discharge destination of the print medium to be the first discharge path or the second discharge path.