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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ibe, Yokohama, JP;
Shin Genta, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuaki Orihara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing head configured to eject a first ink and a second ink, wherein the second ink generates less deposition than the first ink, an ink absorber configured to absorb the ink ejected from the printing head, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the ink absorber through an optical method, and a control unit configured to cause the printing head to eject the second ink to the ink absorber based on a detection result of the detection unit.