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US 2016/0101622 A1Published application
Print apparatus and print method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYaado Sakata, Hideaki Kutsuna
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Abstract
Humidified gas generated by a humidifying unit is supplied to a space between two adjacent print heads from one side of the space, and the humidified gas supplied to the space is discharged from the other side facing the one side across the space.
Claims8
A print apparatus comprising:
- a print unit configured to include a plurality of inkjet-type print heads;
- a conveying unit configured to move a sheet used for printing to be performed by the print unit;
- and
- a supply unit configured to supply humidified gas to a space between two adjacent print heads,
- wherein the supply unit includes
- a humidifying unit configured to generate the humidified gas,
- a supply port which is used to supply the humidified gas generated by the humidifying unit from a side of the space and a discharge port which is disposed so as to face the supply port across the space and which is used to discharge the gas from the space.
4 more elements
A print method for performing printing on a moving sheet using a plurality of print heads, the print method comprising:
- supplying humidified gas to a space between two adjacent print heads from one side of the space;
- and
- discharging the gas of the space from the other side facing the one side across the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.