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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a recording head arranged so as to oppose a sheet moving in a first direction, in which a plurality of first nozzle chips and a plurality of second nozzle chips each having a nozzle array are arranged as different arrays in a second direction crossing the first direction, and in which the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips adjacent to each other are shifted from each other in the second direction, a first suction unit opposed to the first nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the first nozzle chips, a second suction unit opposed to the second nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the second nozzle chips, a suction holder configured to retain the first suction unit and the second suction unit, and a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement between the recording head and the suction holder in the second direction, wherein the first suction unit and the second suction unit are shifted from each other in the second direction in correspondence with the shift between the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips.