Patent ID: 6991387
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus that uses a printing head to perform printing on a printing medium which is fed, said apparatus comprising: a first feeding path along which the printing medium is fed to perform printing on the printing medium; a second feeding path including a part of said first feeding path and a feeding path different from said first feeding path; feeding means for feeding the printing medium along said first and said second feeding paths; detecting means for detecting an image printed on the printing medium on said first and said second feeding paths; and control means for controlling a registration adjustment process through which a printing position by the printing head is adjusted, said control means causing said feeding means to feed the printing medium along said second feeding path so as to print at least a part of a pattern image for the registration adjustment on the printing medium using the printing head, causing said feeding means to feed the printing medium along said second feeding path in a direction opposite to a direction in which the printing medium is fed for printing the pattern image so that said detecting means detects the pattern image printed on the printing medium, and executing a registration adjustment of the printing position by the printing head, based on a result of detection by said detecting means.