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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Takahiro Uda, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuru Tanemoto, Kyoto, JP;
Yuki Tsutsui, Kyoto, JP;
Masaki Era, Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium by dispensing inks thereto. The apparatus includes a transport device; print heads for performing printing by dispensing the inks to the printing medium; and a drying section including a heat source for generating heat for drying the inks dispensed to the printing medium, and a shutter switchable between an open state and a closed state. In the open state, a drying amount of heat is applied for drying the inks dispensed to the printing medium, and in the closed state, the heat from the heat source is applied in a minute amount of heat smaller than the drying amount of heat. A controller switches the shutter to the open state when a transporting speed of the printing medium is faster than a predetermined threshold, and switches the shutter to the closed state when the transporting speed of the printing medium becomes equal to or less than the predetermined threshold.