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

Claim 0:
1. 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 divider disposed downstream of the conveyors and the image recording device in the conveyance direction, the divider being configured to perform a dividing process comprising dividing the recording medium into a plurality of pieces; and
a controller configured to bring the divider into contact with the recording medium to perform the dividing process on the recording medium 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.