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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Kanasugi, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Tomida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Noribumi Koitabashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink circulation type inkjet printing apparatus obtains a return time that is a time at which the inkjet printing apparatus returns from a first state that is a state in which a print operation is halted to a second state that is a state in which the print operation is executable, and a control unit executes pre-return maintenance including ink circulation by a circulation unit for causing the inkjet printing apparatus to return to the second state after transition of the inkjet printing apparatus to the first state, and completes the pre-return maintenance before the obtained return time.
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