Patent ID: 8920051
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A printing method comprising: feeding a continuous sheet with a sheet feeding unit; printing with a printing unit a plurality of images on the continuous sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit; detecting with a detection unit positioned upstream of the printing unit an inappropriate region that is part of the continuous sheet and is inappropriate for printing; after detecting the inappropriate region, stopping the printing of the plurality of images, cutting the continuous sheet at a position upstream of the inappropriate region to produce a cut sheet and a cut continuous sheet, feeding the cut continuous sheet backward with the sheet feeding unit, and discharging the cut sheet; and after the cut sheet is discharged, feeding the cut continuous sheet with the sheet feeding unit, printing the plurality of images on the cut continuous sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, and detecting with the detection unit another inappropriate region on the cut continuous sheet that is inappropriate for printing.