Printing apparatus

US8950845B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8950845-B2
Application numberUS-201313873409-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 30, 2013
Priority dateSep 1, 2010
Publication dateFeb 10, 2015
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015

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Abstract

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A printing apparatus conducts inspection associated with printing by changing a relative positional relationship between a line print head and a sheet feeding position for a sheet in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is fed, forming an image on the sheet using the line print head a plurality of times, and reading the formed images using a reading unit.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: providing a print head of a line-type having an array of recording elements arranged in a direction including a vector of a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which sheets are conveyed; providing a sensor having an array of photodetectors arranged along a sensor length including a vector of the second direction; and performing a print mode in which actual images are formed with the print head using a first sheet t…

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  • B41J2/2142Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B41J29/393Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8950845B2 cover?
A printing apparatus conducts inspection associated with printing by changing a relative positional relationship between a line print head and a sheet feeding position for a sheet in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is fed, forming an image on the sheet using the line print head a plurality of times, and reading the formed images using a reading unit.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Canon Kk
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J2/2142. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).