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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/033 (2014.01); C09D 11/40 (2014.01); C09D 11/54 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/009 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41M 3/001 (2013.01); C09D 11/033 (2013.01); C09D 11/40 (2013.01); C09D 11/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object is to provide a method of appropriately drying a print medium. A fixing method includes: applying ink to the print medium; cooling the print medium to which the ink is applied in the applying; and heating the print medium cooled in the cooling while maintaining the print medium in a flat and smooth state.