Printing apparatus including an application unit that applies an amount of wiping liquid based on an adhesion amount of ink

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured with an ejection port surface, on which an ejection port array with a plurality of ejection ports that ejects ink being arranged in an array, is formed;
• a wiping unit configured with a wiping member for wiping a predetermined area including the ejection port array of the ejection port surface, and configured to wipe the predetermined area by relative movement with the printing unit;
• an application unit configured to apply a wiping liquid for re-dispersing the ink;
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• a control unit configured to control the application unit to apply the wiping liquid to wiping area that wipes the predetermined area, according to an adhesion amount of ink adhering to an area including the ejection port array and a vicinity of the ejection port array, wherein the control unit controls the application unit to apply a first amount of the wiping liquid to the wiping area in a case when the adhesion amount is a first adhesion amount, and to apply a second amount, less than the first amount, of the wiping liquid to the wiping area in a case when the adhesion amount is a second adhesion amount, which is less than the first adhesion amount.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured with an ejection port surface, on which an ejection port array with a plurality of ejection ports that ejects ink being arranged in an array, is formed, wherein, a plurality of the ejection port arrays respectively corresponding to a plurality of types of the ink is formed on the ejection port surface;
• a wiping unit configured with a wiping member for wiping a predetermined area including the ejection port array of the ejection port surface, and configured to wipe the predetermined area by relative movement with the printing unit;
• an application unit configured to apply a wiping liquid for re-dispersing the ink;
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• a control unit configured to control the application unit to apply the wiping liquid to wiping area that wipes the predetermined area, according to a duty or the number of times of ejections based on print data for the ink, wherein the control unit controls the application unit to apply a first amount of the wiping liquid to the wiping area in a case when the adhesion amount is a first adhesion amount, and to apply a second amount, less than the first amount, of the wiping liquid to the wiping area in a case when the adhesion amount is a second adhesion amount, which is less than the first adhesion amount.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured with an ejection port surface, on which an ejection port array with a plurality of ejection ports that ejects ink being arranged in an array, is formed;
• a wiping unit configured with a wiping member for wiping a predetermined area including the ejection port array of the ejection port surface, and configured to wipe the predetermined area by relative movement with the printing unit;
• an application unit configured to apply a wiping liquid for re-dispersing the ink;
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• a control unit configured to control the application unit to apply the wiping liquid to a wiping area that wipes the predetermined area, according to an adhesion amount of ink adhering to the wiping member, wherein the control unit controls the application unit to apply the wiping liquid to the wiping area, according to the adhesion amount of a predetermined ink among the plurality of types of the ink.