Printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Kida, Hideaki Nagahara, Hiroyuki Saito, Takao Kawai, Nanae Uchinuno, Toshimitsu Takahashi
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a tank configured to contain ink; a print head configured to eject ink supplied from the tank; a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank; a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path; and a cooling unit configured to cool the tank by blowing.
Claims19
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a tank configured to contain ink;
- a print head configured to eject ink supplied from the tank;
- a supply flow path through which liquid is suppled from the tank to the print head;
- a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank;
- a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path;
- and
- a cooling unit configured to cool the tank by blowing.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a tank configured to contain ink;
- a print head configured to eject ink supplied from the tank;
- a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied from the tank to the print head;
- a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank;
- a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path;
- and
- a cooling unit configured to cool the entirety of the circulation flow path.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a print head configured to eject ink;
- an ink supply unit including
- a tank configured to contain ink to be ejected by the print head,
- a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied from the tank to the print head,
- a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank, and
- a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path;
- and
- a conveying unit configured to convey a print medium on which the print head performs printing, wherein
- the ink supply unit is removable from a first side of the printing apparatus, and
- the conveying unit is removable from a second side, which is different from the first side, of the printing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.