18914956. PRINTING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)

PRINTING APPARATUS

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

MIZUHO Koyama of Kanagawa JP

RYOSUKE Araki of Kanagawa JP

PRINTING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18914956 titled 'PRINTING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

A printing apparatus has a cap configured to cap a printhead and having a supply port through which a liquid is supplied into the cap, an absorber provided in the cap, and a channel forming member having a first communication channel, the channel forming member being in contact with a bottom surface of the absorber and away from an inner bottom surface of the cap. The volume flow rate of the liquid flowing through the first communication channel is smaller than the volume flow rate of the liquid flowing through the supply port.