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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Ippei Tsushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Kohei Fukui, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kota Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichiro Yanagi, Funabashi, JP;
Yusuke Nakaya, Inagi, JP;
Atsushi Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Murase, Yokohama, JP;
Futoshi Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention brings, out of a cleaning unit that cleans a transfer member in contact with a transfer member and an application unit that applies a reactive liquid with ink to the transfer member, the cleaning unit into contact with the transfer member to clean the transfer member by the cleaning unit at the start of the printing operation. Alternatively, out of the application unit and an absorbing unit that absorbs a liquid component from the reactive liquid applied by the application unit in contact with the transfer member, the printing apparatus brings the application unit into contact with the transfer member to apply the reactive liquid by the application unit.