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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuhei Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;

Toshiyuki Chikuma, Tokyo, JP;

Yutaka Kano, Kawasaki, JP;

Kohei Sato, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04563 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14354 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing apparatus, which uses a printhead including a circuit configured to inspect an ink discharge status of a selected nozzle using a temperature detection element, causes the printhead to inspect the ink discharge status by changing a threshold value for judging a detection result of the temperature detection element, in order to judge the ink discharge status in a state in which a heater in the selected nozzle is driven by each of a first pulse and a second pulse whose waveform is different from that of the first pulse, obtains first information about a change point where a judgment result obtained by the first pulse changes, and second information about a change point where a judgment result obtained by the second pulse changes, and sets the threshold value, based on the first and second information.


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