Printing apparatus which switches a printing mode upon resuming after a jam

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8995849-B2
Application number	US-201113242465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2011
Priority date	Oct 19, 2010
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a print mechanism which performs a printing on a plurality of papers; a paper feed section on which the papers to be printed are placed; a paper discharge section on which the papers that have been printed are placed; a transport route which extends from the paper feed section to the paper discharge section via a printing position at which the printing is performed by the print mechanism; a transport mechanism which successively transports the papers along the transport route; and a controller which controls the transport mechanism. The controller controls the transport mechanism to perform a transportation of the papers by a plurality of transport modes including a first transport mode and a second transport mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a printing section configured to print an image on a paper at a printing position;
a paper feed section configured to hold papers to be printed by the printing section;
a paper discharge section configured to hold the papers that have been printed by the printing section;
a transport route which extends from the paper feed section to the paper discharge section via the printing position;
a transport mechanism configu…

Assignees

• Ota Yuichi
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ota Yuichi

Classifications

• G03G2215/00599

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/234

  Physics · mapped topic

• B41J11/006 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J13/0009

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G03G2215/00949

  Physics · mapped topic