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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Kohnotoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Miyahara, Higashikurume, JP;
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 25/304 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 25/304 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14491 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of maintaining posture of a holder regardless of presence or absence of an item which the holder supports and a method for controlling the inkjet printing apparatus. For this purpose, based on a change value Dsi of a rotary encoder 110 while driving a carriage motor 92 with driving force capable of maintaining posture of a head holder 90 which does not support a print head 8, the presence or absence of the print head 8 which the head holder 90 supports.