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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuji Kurata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Kohnotoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihide Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Noboru Shimoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: an openable cover that covers a head holder that mounts a print head detachably and an ink tank, detachable from the apparatus, configured to store ink to be supplied to the print head; a lock unit capable of switching between a lock state where the cover is fixed to a closed position and an unlocked state where the cover is not fixed to the closed position; and a control unit configured to control, in a case of receiving instructions to detach the ink tank, the lock unit to switch to the unlocked state after controlling a holder moving unit to move the head holder to a position at which the print head is undetachable, as well as controlling a pressurizing supply unit to stop pressurization and supply ink from the ink tank to the print head.