Patent ID: 9058016
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus configured to print an image on a sheet, comprising: a photosensitive member; a contiguous member arranged to contact the photosensitive member; an operation unit configured to accept an instruction entered by a user; and a protection sheet configured to protect the photosensitive member from the contiguous member, the protection sheet being arranged in an intervening position between the photosensitive member and the contiguous member but configured to be removed from the intervening position by the user before using the printing apparatus, the protection sheet configured to interfere with at least one of the user's behavior conducted on the printing apparatus in order to use the printing apparatus and a detecting behavior of a sensor which is arranged in the printing apparatus to detect a condition of the printing apparatus, the protection sheet being arranged to be partly exposed outside the printing apparatus with the exposed part being arranged to cover at least a part of the operation unit.