Patent ID: 6328394
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A printing apparatus which can be detachably mounted to an apparatus body of an image processing apparatus and which is driven by a drive source independent of said apparatus body and is effecting printing of a sheet fed out from said apparatus body, said printing apparatus comprising:sheet detecting means for detecting the presence/absence of the sheet conveyed to a sheet conveying path of the printing apparatus;sheet conveying means disposed downstream of said sheet detecting means in a conveying direction within said sheet conveying path;print means for printing on the sheet conveyed by said sheet conveying means; anddrive control means for controlling a driving of said sheet conveying means and said print means on the basis of a sheet detecting signal from said sheet detecting means, wherein display means being turned ON and OFF in response to the turning ON and OFF of a power source of said apparatus body is provided on said apparatus body, and said printing apparatus further comprises display detecting means for detecting ON and OFF states of said display means when the printing apparatus is mounted to said apparatus body, and power source control means for controlling a power source of the printing apparatus on the basis of a detection signal from said display detecting means.