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US 2014/0368590 A1Published application
Printing method and apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeaki Shima
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Abstract
An image is printed by ink on a first face of a sheet of which the first face has low absorbency and the second face has a water-absorbing property greater than the first face. The first face of the sheet that has been printed upon is heated and the second face is moisturized.
Claims12
A printing method, comprising:
- preparing a sheet having a first face and a second face, wherein the first face has low absorbency and the second face has a water-absorbing property greater than the first face;
- printing an image with ink on the first face;
- and
- heating the printed first face and moisturizing the second face.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print an image with ink on a sheet having a first face and a second face, wherein the image is printed on the first face;
- a heating unit configured to heat the first face;
- and
- a moisturizing unit configured to moisturize the second face
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.