Patent ID: 8459766

Claim:
A print apparatus comprising: a carriage configured to hold a print head and reciprocate in a second direction crossing a first direction in which a sheet is conveyed; a first rotator configured to come into contact with at least a surface of the sheet facing the print head on an upstream side of the carriage; a second rotator configured to come into contact with at least the surface of the sheet on a downstream side of the carriage; a maintenance unit configured to be disposed outside an area through which the sheet passes in the second direction and to perform maintenance of the print head; and a control unit configured to control movement of the carriage so that the print head is allowed to move to the maintenance unit in a first state in which the sheet is in contact with both the first rotator and the second rotator during a print operation and the print head is not allowed to move to the maintenance unit in a second state in which the sheet is in contact with either one of the first rotator and the second rotator and the sheet is not in contact with the other rotator during a print operation.