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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ippei Tsushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Nakaya, Inagi, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Futoshi Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transfer member that rotates, a printhead that forms an image on the transfer member, and a transfer unit that transfers the image to a print medium. An application unit, provided at a downstream side of an area, at which the transfer unit transfers the image to the print medium, in a rotation direction of the transfer member, applies a cleaning liquid to a region on the transfer member after the image is transferred to the print medium. In addition, a collecting unit, provided between the printhead and the application unit, in the rotation direction of the transfer member, includes a collection roller that rotates in contact with the transfer member, in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the transfer member, for collecting the cleaning liquid applied to the transfer member by the application unit.