Patent ID: 8861989

Claim:
A printer comprising: a printing unit configured to print on print media while transferring the print media in a transfer direction by a first transfer section; a transfer unit located downstream the printing unit in a transfer route and configured to transfer the print media by a second transfer section; and a controller configured to receive a signal from a sheet detecting unit and provide a signal to the transfer unit thereby controlling the printing unit and the transfer unit and stopping the first transfer section prior to stopping the second transfer section upon detection of a jam of the print media by the sheet detecting unit, wherein the controller is further configured to, after detection of the jam by the sheet detecting unit, both maintain a transfer of the second print medium by the second transfer section and unconditionally stop the first transfer section, after unconditionally stopping the first transfer section, control the second transfer section to transfer the second print medium in the second transfer section a prescribed distance in the second transfer section and in the second transfer direction, after controlling the second transfer section to transfer the second print medium in the second transfer section the prescribed distance, determine whether the jam is resolved by the transfer of the second print medium the prescribed distance using signals received from the sheet detecting unit, upon determining that the jam is resolved by the transfer of the second print medium the prescribed distance, drive the first transfer section again to discharge a first print medium being stopped, and after controlling the first or second transfer sections to discharge the print medium being stopped in the first transfer section, stop the first transfer section and the second transfer section, wherein the prescribed distance is a distance of one printed sheet.