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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 19/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a carriage configured to perform a reciprocating movement while facing a sheet, the carriage being equipped with an inkjet head, and a drying unit configured to apply energy from above the carriage to the sheet so as to dry ink, wherein, when the carriage performs the reciprocating movement, the carriage is reversed at a reversing position where the application of the energy to an end of the sheet or an end of an image formed on the sheet is not blocked by the carriage.