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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method with stir mode for stir operation of ink tank
Satoshi Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nishikori, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Mizoguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuo Kotaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ohashi, Matsudo, JP;
Ryoji Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nishikori, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Mizoguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuo Kotaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ohashi, Matsudo, JP;
Ryoji Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling an ink jet printing apparatus which, during a non-print operation excluding a print operation, can stir ink at a required time and to a required level according to the state of the ink in the ink tank. During a non-print operation excluding a print operation accompanied by a reciprocal movement of the carriage, a stir operation is executed to stir the ink in the ink tank by reciprocating the carriage according to a stir mode. As the stir mode, one of different modes is set according to an elapsed time from the previous stir operation.