Patent ID: 8833893
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing comprising: printing a first image on a sheet being conveyed; forming a reference mark for cutting the sheet in a non-image region between the first image and a second image following the first image; printing the second image on the sheet being conveyed; detecting the reference mark; and cutting the sheet to cut off the non-image region by using a first cutter and a second cutter provided downstream of the first cutter based on the detected reference mark, wherein the reference mark is formed with a length in a conveying direction of the sheet in accordance with a length of the first image in the conveying direction, and the second image is printed to set a length of the non-image region in the conveying direction in accordance with the length of the first image in the conveying direction, and when cutting off the non-image region, the first cutter first cuts off a downstream side of the second image, and then the second cutter cuts off an upstream side of the first image after conveying a cut sheet portion including the first image and the non-image region for a distance determined according to a length of the non-image region.