18470728. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD (TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD
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Akira Suzuki of Mishima Shizuoka JP
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18470728 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
A thermal printer that forms an image on sheet-shaped paper P using a print head and discharges the paper P through a discharge port, the printer including: an upper detection unit provided closer to a side of the discharge port than to the print head in a conveyance path of the paper P, the upper detection unit being provided above the conveyance path and configured to detect an upward bias by the paper P; and a lower detection unit provided closer to the side of the discharge port than to the print head in the conveyance path, the lower detection unit being provided below the conveyance path and configured to detect a downward bias by the paper P.