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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a printing apparatus improvement of drying ability and reduction of consumed power are concurrently achieved by improving the efficiency of drying ink. More concretely, hot air is blown onto a print medium printed by ink, and a portion of the blown hot air is recovered and blown again. Before the hot air is blown, the print medium is heated by a preheating unit, making it higher than the dew point temperature of the blown hot air.