Patent ID: 9327528
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to perform a printing operation of printing an image on a printing medium; a conveying unit arranged upstream of said printing unit in a conveyance direction of a printing medium, and configured to convey a printing medium; a driving source configured to drive said conveying unit, said conveying unit conveying a printing medium in the conveyance direction when said driving source rotates in a first direction, and said conveying unit conveying a printing medium in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction when said driving source rotates in a second direction; a feeding unit arranged upstream of said conveying unit in the conveyance direction and configured to perform a feeding operation for a printing medium by transmission of a driving of said driving source, the driving of said driving source not transmitted to said feeding unit when said driving source rotates in the first direction, and the driving of said driving source transmitted to said feeding unit when said driving source rotates in the second direction; a discharging unit arranged downstream of said printing unit in the conveyance direction and configured to perform a discharging operation for a printing medium by transmission of the driving of said driving source, the driving of said driving source being transmitted to said discharging unit when said driving source rotates in the first direction, and the driving of said driving source not transmitted to said discharging unit when said driving source rotates in the second direction; and a control unit configured to perform a control in which: after the printing operation for a first printing medium is completed, the first printing medium is conveyed by a conveyance amount by the driving source rotating in the first direction, the conveyance amount being calculated based on a printing start position on a second printing medium which is subsequent to the first printing medium, and after the first printing medium is conveyed by the conveyance amount, the feeding operation for the second printing medium is started by changing a rotation direction of said driving source from the first direction to the second direction before the discharging operation for the first printing medium is completed.