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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Komamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1728 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17569 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a printing apparatus that is capable of obtaining accurately the amount of a waste liquid discharged from a printing unit. The printing apparatus includes a discharge unit that executes a discharge operation to discharge the liquid from the ejection port of the printing unit. The printing apparatus also includes a determination unit that determines filling states of the liquid in a printing apparatus main body and the printing unit and an obtaining unit that obtains, based on the filling states, a waste liquid amount discharged from the ejection port by the discharge operation.