PRINTING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SUZUKI, Tomohiro, KOBAYASHI, Ryo, SUGIYAMA, Toshiro, FUKUI, Kohei, NAGASE, Tomoyuki, SAIKI, Waichiro, KODA, Takeshi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.06.2022
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A printing apparatus (1) includes: printing means (4); first conveyance means (3) arranged to convey a sheet to the printing means; second conveyance means (7) provided on a downstream side of the first conveyance means in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and arranged to convey the sheet with nipping the sheet; third conveyance means (8) provided on a downstream side of the second conveyance means in the conveyance direction, and arranged to convey the sheet; and switching means (DU1) arranged to switch a nip state of the second conveyance means and a released state in which the nip state is released. When the sheet is conveyed by the third conveyance means, the switching means switches the nip state and the released state in accordance with a length of the sheet.