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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Kanto Kurasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Toshihide Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Tokisawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kanto Kurasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Toshihide Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Tokisawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a printing unit and a drying unit. The printing unit performs printing on a sheet using ink. The drying unit dries the sheet on which the ink is applied at the printing unit as the sheet is conveyed in the drying unit. The drying unit causes hot air heated by a heater to circulate through a housing and blows the hot air to the sheet. The housing includes an opening through which movement of gas between inside and outside the housing can be adjusted. When conveyance of the sheet in the drying unit stops, the apparatus is controlled to reduce an output of the heater and to increase the movement of the gas through the opening.