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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Nishitani, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Nitta, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichirou Takeuchi, Komae, JP;
Rinako Kameshima, Tachikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus having an ink application unit applying a first ink containing at least resin as a solid content onto a discharge medium, a reaction liquid application unit applying a reaction liquid reacting with a component in the ink to aggregate the solid content in the first ink onto the discharge medium, and a liquid absorbing unit for bringing a liquid absorbing member of a porous body into contact with an ink image formed by the ink and the reaction liquid on the discharge medium to absorb liquid to thereby reduce the amount of the liquid in the ink image, in which a layer is formed with the first ink and the reaction liquid on the discharge medium, and then a test pattern utilized for detection is printed by applying a second ink different from the first ink to a part of the layer by the ink application unit.