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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Koji Furusawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tajika, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Miyahara, Higashikurume, JP;
Masashi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Fumie Kameyama, Inagi, JP;
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Koji Furusawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tajika, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Miyahara, Higashikurume, JP;
Masashi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Fumie Kameyama, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an inkjet printing apparatus capable of automatic duplex printing, time required to fix ink is shortened and throughput is improved without producing uneven fixing. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints onto a sheet, a fixing unit that heats a sheet printed by the printing unit, a conveying unit that conveys a sheet with respect to the printing unit and the fixing unit, and a controller that controls the conveying unit such that a printing region of a sheet printed on the first side by the printing unit passes through the fixing unit, and afterwards, the conveyance direction of the sheet is reversed in order to print on the second side and the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit. The controller variably controls the conveyance speed of the sheet when the printing region once again passes through the fixing unit.