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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Ibe, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Asako Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a purge unit having a sheet member that purges ink deposited on an orifice face of a print head and a winding unit that winds the sheet member. By using the number of ink ejections executed between a first purge operation and a second purge operation, the amount of winding of the sheet member is controlled after the second purge operation is completed.