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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:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2025
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
This inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink circulation path in which a circulation pump that circulates ink and a heater that heats circulating ink are interposed. A control unit can sequentially perform a step (a) of, upon receipt of a signal regarding a command for stopping driving the circulation pump, stopping driving the heater, and determining a circulation duration for which the circulation pump is kept operating and ink circulation in the circulation path is continued, on the basis of a duty value of the heater for a predetermined time period before the time of receipt of the signal and a flow rate of ink in the circulation path for the predetermined time period, and a step (b) of stopping driving the circulation pump after the elapse of the circulation duration.
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