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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nakaya, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunya Sunouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Yanagi, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit to print on a printing medium and a drying unit to dry the printing medium. The drying unit includes an air blower having an entry and an exit, a heater to heat air from the blower exit, a casing, first and second collection paths, and an exhaust amount regulator as a regulation value disposed in each of the first and second collection paths. The casing includes a first portion to communicate with the heater, and includes a second portion to communicate with the first portion and to pass the printing medium through the second portion. The exhaust amount regulator switches between a first regulation state in which air circulates through the first portion and the first collection path and a second regulation state in which air circulates through the second portion and the second collection path.