US Patent Application 18354496. PRINTING APPARATUS simplified abstract

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PRINTING APPARATUS

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA


Inventor(s)

Kouhei Tokuda of Tokyo (JP)

Toshinobu Tokita of Kanagawa (JP)

Hideyuki Nozawa of Tochigi (JP)

Yasuyuki Asai of Tokyo (JP)

Ryutaro Taira of Kanagawa (JP)

PRINTING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18354496 titled 'PRINTING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a printing apparatus that includes multiple set units for holding rolled print media, a conveyance unit for moving the print media, a printing unit, a detection unit, and display units.

  • The printing unit is responsible for printing an image on the print media as it is conveyed by the conveyance unit.
  • The detection unit is used to determine if any of the print media has been fed to a specific position where printing can be done by the printing unit.
  • Each set unit has a display unit that indicates whether the print media in that set unit is being fed.
  • When the printing unit is printing on the print media, the display units show whether the print media in the corresponding set unit is being fed based on the detection results from the detection unit.


Original Abstract Submitted

A printing apparatus includes a plurality of set units to set rolled print media, a conveyance unit to convey the print media, a printing unit, a detection unit, and display units. The printing unit prints an image on the print media conveyed by the conveyance unit. The detection unit detects whether any one of the print media is fed to a predetermined printable position at which printing is performable by the printing unit. Each display unit is provided on a different one of the plurality of set units and configured to indicate whether a print medium set in a corresponding set unit is being fed. When the printing unit performs printing on the print medium, each display unit indicates whether the print medium set in the corresponding set unit is being fed in accordance with a result of detection performed by the detection unit.

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