INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

Abstract: an ink circulation type inkjet printing apparatus obtains a return time that is a time at which the inkjet printing apparatus returns from a first state that is a state in which a print operation is halted to a second state that is a state in which the print operation is executable, and a control unit executes pre-return maintenance including ink circulation by a circulation unit for causing the inkjet printing apparatus to return to the second state after transition of the inkjet printing apparatus to the first state, and completes the pre-return maintenance before the obtained return time.

Inventor(s): YUICHIRO KANASUGI, ISAMU HORIUCHI, AKIHIRO TOMIDA, MASAYA UETSUKI, NORIBUMI KOITABASHI

CPC Classification: B41J2/18 (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS)

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