Patent ID: 11912019
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A printing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of conveyors configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction;
an image recording device configured to record an image on the recording medium;
a machining device disposed downstream of the conveyors and the image recording device in the conveyance direction, the machining device being configured to perform one of (i) cutting, (ii) perforation formation, and (iii) crease formation on the recording medium; and
a controller configured to control the machining device to perform one of the (i) cutting, (ii) perforation formation, and (iii) crease formation with holding an upstream side relative to a central position of the recording medium in the conveyance direction by at least two or more of the plurality of conveyors.