Patent ID: 6978992
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An ink jet printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium with a printing head for ejecting ink, said apparatus comprising: feeding means for feeding the printing medium toward the printing head; conveying means for conveying intermittently the printing medium fed by said feeding means to a position opposite to the printing head; scanning means for scanning the printing head in a scanning direction different from a conveying direction of the printing medium conveyed by said conveying means; detection means for detecting an edge of the printing medium fed by said feeding means; and control means for controlling the driving of said feeding means so as to (1) cause said feeding means to initiate the feeding of a succeeding printing medium after said feeding means initiates the feeding of a preceding printing medium and before said detection means detects a trailing edge of the preceding printing medium and (2) cause a leading edge of the succeeding printing medium to arrive at said detection means after said detection means detects the trailing edge of the preceding printing medium.