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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ibe, Yokohama, JP;
Shin Genta, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 11/0065 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus performs a printing operation where mist that is generated in inkjet printing is efficiently collected. Specifically, a fan is rotated during a mist collection operation at a maintenance operation with a rotating speed that is greater than the rotating speed of the fan during printing.