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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kubokawa, Nagasaki, JP;
Yumi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kyosuke Kamishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruo Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisei Hakamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoichi Kan, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit performing printing by applying ink to a print medium conveyed in a first direction, a reversal conveyance path reversing the print medium conveyed in a second direction opposite to the first direction to guide the print medium to a position at which the ink can be applied by the printing unit, and a control unit performing printing on a first side and an opposite second side of a first print medium and a subsequent second print medium, and in starting printing on the first side in accordance with the amount of the ink applied to a region that the second print medium being conveyed in the first direction contacts of the first print medium conveyed through the reversal conveyance path after the first side is printed, the control unit keeps the second print medium on standby for a predetermined time at a predetermined position.