Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium
US-2024181773-A1 · Jun 6, 2024 · US
Printing apparatus and control method therefor
US8944562B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8944562-B2 |
| Application number | US-201313864614-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Apr 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | May 7, 2012 |
| Publication date | Feb 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2015 |
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The invention has been made to prevent ink adhesion or an ink discharge failure caused by ink adhesion due to evaporation of volatile components of ink which occurs when the ink receptor of a printhead is exposed to air for a long time. If an inkjet printhead and an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to the printhead are attached to a carriage, the ink supply port of the ink tank is pressed to the ink receptor of the printhead. In this arrangement, the presence/absence of attachment of the ink tank to the carriage is detected. If it is detected that the ink tank is not attached to the carriage, a suction operation for the printhead is performed and controlled to suck out ink from the nozzles of the printhead.
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What is claimed is: 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printhead having a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; an ink tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the printhead and detachably attached to the printhead; a carriage to which the printhead and the ink tank are mounted; a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the ink tank is attached to the printhead; a suction unit configured to perform a suction operation of sucking out ink from the pri…
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8944562B2 cover?
- The invention has been made to prevent ink adhesion or an ink discharge failure caused by ink adhesion due to evaporation of volatile components of ink which occurs when the ink receptor of a printhead is exposed to air for a long time. If an inkjet printhead and an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to the printhead are attached to a carriage, the ink supply port of the ink tank is pressed…
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- Canon Kk
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B41J2/16532. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
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- Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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