Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an azole derivative with less amount of a by-product. A method for producing an azole derivative represented by general formula (I) includes reacting an oxirane derivative with 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole under an acidic condition and deaminating the obtained compound to form the azole derivative represented by general formula (I), where R1 is a C1-C6-alkyl group or the like; X1 and X2 are each independently a halogen group or the like; and n is 1, 2, or 3.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first drive unit configured to rotate a roll sheet supported by a roll support unit in a predetermined rotation direction to feed the sheet into a conveyance path, an abutment portion provided so as to be capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the roll sheet at a first position, and a rotation member provided so as to be capable of abutting against the outer peripheral surface at a second position. The first drive unit rotates the roll sheet in the direction to introduce, into the conveyance path, a leading edge of the sheet having passed between the first and second positions. The apparatus further includes a second drive unit configured to rotate the rotation member in a direction in which a slack of the sheet is formed between the first and second positions.

Abstract: A recording apparatus having a support portion that supports a roll having a wound sheet, a drive portion, a conveying passage, a conveyer, and a recording portion. The drive portion rotates the supported roll in a first direction to feed the sheet from the roll, and rotates the roll in a second direction to rewind the sheet onto the roll. The conveying passage guides the sheet fed from the roll in a feeding direction and has first and second positions upstream of the conveyer in the feeding direction. The drive portion performs, before the sheet reaches the conveyer, a reciprocating operation in which the drive portion rotates the roll in the second direction in response to a leading end of the sheet reaching the first position and rotates the roll in the first direction in response to the leading end which reached the first position reaching the second position.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll, comprising: a roll holding unit; a support unit rotatably supporting the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and inserted into a hollow portion of the core pipe from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a first contact member provided to the core portion and elastically deformed to a position where the first contact member presses a first portion of an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a second contact member provided to the core portion at a position that is different from the position where the first contact member is provided and elastically deformed to a position where the second contact member presses a second portion of the inner wall.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus for performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll including: a roll holding unit configured to hold the roll; a support unit configured to rotatably support the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and configured to be inserted into a hollow portion of a core pipe of the roll from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a contact member provided to the core portion and configured to be put in contact with an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a cam member disposed inside the core portion and configured to pivot to a first position where the contact member is pressed onto the inner wall and to a second position where the contact member is retracted from the inner wall.

Abstract: A method by which an intermediate product of an azole derivative can be produced at a lower cost than known production methods is provided. A method for producing a compound represented by General Formula (IV) includes converting a compound represented by General Formula (II) into the compound represented by General Formula (IV) using (a) dimethyl sulfide and/or dimethyl sulfoxide, and (b) a methyl-LG (an LG is a nucleophilically substitutable leaving group and is selected from the group consisting of a halogen group, an alkoxysulfonyloxy group, an aryloxysulfonyloxy group, an alkylsulfonyloxy group, a haloalkylsulfonyloxy group, and an arylsulfonyloxy group) in the presence of an inorganic base.

Abstract: A printing medium accommodating apparatus is a printing medium accommodating apparatus in which to stack a printing medium discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus. This apparatus includes: a receiving member configured to receive a printing medium discharged from the discharge port; a holding member configured to hold one end of the receiving member; and a turning member configured to turn the holding member, and includes a first attachment unit capable of attaching the turning member to an insertion slot provided in the printing apparatus.

Abstract: In a printing medium accommodating apparatus, a printing medium discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus is stacked. The printing medium accommodating apparatus includes: a receiving member configured to receive a printing medium discharged from the discharge port; and a holding member having a holding portion configured to hold one end of the receiving member, the holding member being capable of being connected with a first attachment unit attached to the printing apparatus, the holding member being configured to be capable of transitioning from a first state where the holding member is connected with the first attachment unit to a second state where the holding member is separated from the first attachment unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a containing portion that contains a rolled sheet obtained by winding a sheet and a recording portion that records an image on the sheet fed from the rolled sheet contained in the containing portion and further includes an opening/closing member that can be movable between an open position at which the containing portion is opened and a closed position at which the containing portion is closed and a first guiding portion provided in the opening/closing member to guide the rolled sheet to the containing portion in a case where the opening/closing member is at the open position.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording portion that records an image on a sheet, a first conveyance path in which a cut sheet serving as the sheet is conveyed toward the recording unit, a second conveyance path in which a continuous sheet serving as the sheet is conveyed toward the recording portion, a common conveyance path in which the sheet is conveyed in a conveying direction from a junction point at which the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path join together to the recording portion, and a control portion that controls the conveyance of the sheet. When the sheet is not detected in the second conveyance path after a sheet conveyance abnormality is detected, while the sheet is detected in the common conveyance path, the control portion performs a discharge operation of conveying the cut sheet from the first conveyance path toward the recording portion.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a support portion, a guide portion, and a contact unit. The support portion rotatably supports a roll having a sheet wound to the roll. In loading the roll, the guide portion guides the roll in a guide direction from above the support portion to the support portion. The contact unit contacts an outer periphery of the roll supported by the support portion. The contact unit contacts the roll from upstream in the guide direction, and, in feeding the sheet, the sheet is fed from the roll supported by the support portion.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a printing unit, a conveyance unit including first and second rotating members that nip and convey the sheet, and configured to hold the sheet by temporarily stopping the conveyance before completion of discharge of the sheet, a detection unit configured to detect a rotation of the first rotating member, a determination unit configured to determine whether the sheet has been pulled in a discharge direction based on a detection result of the detection unit in a case where the conveyance unit holds the sheet, and a control unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the sheet has been pulled in the discharge direction, cause the conveyance unit to perform a discharging process of the sheet.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a containing portion that contains a rolled sheet obtained by winding a sheet and a recording portion that records an image on the sheet fed from the rolled sheet contained in the containing portion and further includes an opening/closing member that can be movable between an open position at which the containing portion is opened and a closed position at which the containing portion is closed and a first guiding portion provided in the opening/closing member to guide the rolled sheet to the containing portion in a case where the opening/closing member is at the open position.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a roll support unit configured to rotatably support a roll sheet which is a sheet wound into a roll form, a drive unit configured to rotate the roll sheet in a first rotation direction for feeding the sheet into a conveyance path and a second rotation direction, an abutment portion provided so as to be capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the roll sheet at a first position, and a rotation member configured to abut against the outer peripheral surface at a second position. The rotation member at the second position does not rotate with the roll sheet when the roll sheet is rotated in the first rotation direction, and rotates with the roll sheet when the roll sheet is rotated in the second rotation direction.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first drive unit configured to rotate a roll sheet supported by a roll support unit in a predetermined rotation direction to feed the sheet into a conveyance path, an abutment portion provided so as to be capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the roll sheet at a first position, and a rotation member provided so as to be capable of abutting against the outer peripheral surface at a second position. The first drive unit rotates the roll sheet in the direction to introduce, into the conveyance path, a leading edge of the sheet having passed between the first and second positions. The apparatus further includes a second drive unit configured to rotate the rotation member in a direction in which a slack of the sheet is formed between the first and second positions.

Abstract: A document reading apparatus of a printing apparatus includes a document setting unit and a reading unit, the document reading apparatus being provided at a higher position compared to a printing unit. The document setting unit includes a supporting surface configured to support a document, and the reading unit is configured to read the document conveyed from the document setting unit. The document reading apparatus moves to a reading position and to a retracted position at which the document reading apparatus is retracted from the reading position. Furthermore, the printing apparatus includes a cover member configured to cover the printing unit. The cover member includes an outer surface configured to support and guide the document together with the supporting surface in a case where the document reading apparatus is at the reading position.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to a printing unit configured to perform printing; a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to hold the sheet onto which printing was performed by the printing unit; and a receiving unit configured to receive an ejection instruction for instructing to eject the sheet, wherein the control unit, in a case where the receiving unit receives the ejection instruction, controls the conveyance unit to eject the sheet to outside of the apparatus after a predetermined time has elapsed.