Patent ID: 8820876
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for applying ink on a continuous sheet to perform printing thereon, the apparatus comprising: a printing unit including a print head of an inkjet type; a corrective unit positioned upstream of the printing unit to correct a conveyance misalignment of the sheet on which printing is performed by the printing unit; a reading unit positioned downstream of the printing unit to read an inspection pattern that is printed on the sheet by the printing unit; a drying unit configured to dry the sheet on which the ink is applied by the printing unit; and a control unit, wherein, based upon control of the control unit, the sheet, on which the inspection pattern is printed, is dried by the drying unit, and the sheet is afterward conveyed back to the corrective unit and again corrected for conveyance misalignment by the corrective unit prior to the inspection pattern being read by the reading unit.