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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Yuji Hamasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhiro Kitabatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Naomi Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Yuji Hamasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhiro Kitabatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Naomi Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printing device includes a print head for ejecting ink, a carriage provided with the print head detachably mounted thereon for moving the print head, an ink tank placed outside the carriage for storing ink, an ink supply path for supplying ink from the ink tank to the print head, and a discharge unit for discharging ink in the print head. Before the print head is detached from the carriage, the discharge unit discharges the ink in the print head.