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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Horiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kanto Kurasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hikaru Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a cooling unit configured to actively cool a sheet, a humidification unit configured to increase a moisture content of the sheet by supplying a humidified gas onto the sheet, and an inkjet print head configured to perform printing on the sheet having a moisture content increased by the humidification unit.