Printing apparatus and control method for the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8955936
APP PUB NO 20120212533A1
SERIAL NO

13360341

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A printing apparatus includes a first control unit that controls execution of a first temperature adjusting operation in which heating is performed in a region in which all of orifices are arranged; a second control unit that controls execution of a second temperature adjusting operation in which, compared to a predetermined region in which a predetermined number of orifices from respective ends in an orifice arrangement direction are arranged in the orifice arrangement direction, heating is performed with a lower extent of heating in a region in which the orifices outside the predetermined region are arranged; and a temperature adjusting control unit that controls execution of a multi-stage temperature adjusting operation performed on a printhead that includes the first temperature adjusting operation and the second temperature adjusting operation by controlling the first control unit and the second control unit before printing starts.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yoshimoto, Takuya Chofu, JP 5 8

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