Patent ID: 11932034
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a holding unit configured to be held by a user to move the printing apparatus;
a printing unit configured to perform printing operation for printing an image onto a print medium according to a movement of the printing apparatus;
a guide unit that guides the movement of the printing apparatus;
a detection unit that detects a relative moving amount between the printing apparatus and the print medium;
a detection unit support portion supporting the detection unit; and
a guide unit support portion supporting the guide unit which is configured to be able to displace relative to the detection unit in a direction substantially orthogonal to a printing surface of the print medium to be printed during printing,
wherein the detection unit includes a first detection unit and a second detection unit, and
wherein the first detection unit and the second detection unit are disposed with the printing unit therebetween.