Patent ID: 7577396

Claim:
A printing apparatus for printing on a first medium at a first transport speed and on a second medium at a second transport speed lower than the first transport speed, comprising: an image forming unit for forming a developer image on one of the first medium and the second medium according to a print job sent from a host device; a fixing unit for fixing the developer image on the one of the first medium and the second medium; a discharge roller for discharging the one of the first medium and the second medium with the developer image fixed thereon; a transported medium detection unit disposed at an upstream side of the fixing unit for detecting the one of the first medium and the second medium transported to the fixing unit; a discharged medium detection unit disposed at a downstream side of the fixing unit for detecting a trailing edge of the one of the first medium and the second medium passing through the fixing unit; a last medium determining unit connected to the transported medium detection unit and the discharged medium detection unit for determining that the one of the first medium and the second medium is a last medium when the discharged medium detection unit detects the trailing edge and the transported medium detection unit does not detect any of the first medium and the second medium; and a control unit for discharging the first medium at the first transport speed when the image forming unit forms the developer image on the first medium, and for controlling the last medium determining unit to determine the last medium and discharging the last medium at a transport speed higher than the second transport speed when the image forming unit forms the developer image on the second medium.