Patent ID: 8770876
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus capable of double-sided printing, comprising: a printing unit configured to print an image on one of two sides of a first recording sheet; a sheet feeder configured to feed the first recording sheet to the printing unit; a discharge unit configured to settle the first recording sheet with the image printed thereon; a sheet path comprising: a manual sheet inlet configured to receive a second recording sheet manually inserted by a user; a manual sheet path that merges into the sheet path at a merging point upstream from the printing unit, the manual sheet guiding the second recording sheet to the merging point; a detecting unit configured to detect the manual sheet inlet receiving the second recording sheet manually inserted by a user; a processor; and non-transitory memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: