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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Masahide Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Katayama, Yokohama, JP;
Kouhei Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Saijo, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Moritoki, Higashiyamato, JP;
Moriyoshi Inaba, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Aptex Kabushiki Kaisha, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet printing apparatus receives image data from a host computer and prints the image data. If an elapsed time from an end of printing processing for one printing job to start of printing processing for the next job is less than a predetermined time period, printing processing for the next job is started, without subjecting ink-jet heads to a recovery process, following the end of printing processing for the one job. The recovery process is carried out not only when the predetermined period elapses but also whenever processing for printing on a predetermined amount of printing medium is executed.