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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taketoshi Kusakabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/07 (2006.01); B42D 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/07 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B42D 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method using a print head for printing a plurality of images on a continuous sheet has the steps of obtaining information in regard to a position and a level of a unique portion unsuitable for image printing that exists on the continuous sheet and of causing a maintenance operation of the print head by using a region where the unique portion exists on the continuous sheet based upon obtained information.