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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Jumpei Jogo, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Kawamata, Koganei, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Asako Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Jumpei Jogo, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Kawamata, Koganei, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Asako Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an inkjet apparatus capable of ejecting an ink and a treatment liquid for insolubilizing or coagulating a color material in the ink, a replacement timing for a component of the apparatus is judged based on both the consumption amounts of the ink and treatment liquid measured when the two are consumed together and the consumption amount of the ink measured when the ink is consumed alone. Thus, the component is replaced at an earlier timing when the influence of fixed adhesion is great due to frequent ejection of both of the ink and treatment liquid, which prevents fixed adhesion from influencing the print performance and the printing apparatus main body. By contrast, when the fixed adhesion slowly develops because of less-frequent ejection of both of the ink and treatment liquid, the component is replaced at a later timing and thus can be used until reaching its lifetime.