Printing apparatus and ink supply method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Takahashi, Yuji Hamasaki, Naomi Yamamoto, Kei Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Kitabatake
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Abstract
A printing apparatus, including a print head having a discharge port, a stirring portion configured to stir ink in an ink tank, a valve disposed on a supply path, a cap for capping the discharge port, and a pressure reducing unit configured to reduce pressure in the cap, executes, in parallel, a stirring operation for stirring ink in the ink tank by the stirring portion and a pressure reducing operation for reducing pressure on the print head side from the valve in the supply path by the pressure reducing unit with the valve closed.
Claims6
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a print head configured to discharging ink;
- an ink storage bag for storing ink to be supplied to the print head;
- a stifling member configured to stir ink in the ink storage bag;
- a pressure unit configured to pressurize the ink storage bag;
- a supply path for supplying ink from the ink tank storage bag to the print head;
- a valve disposed in the supply path;
- a suction unit configured to suck ink from the print head;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the stirring portion member, the pressure unit and the suction unit, wherein the control unit drives the suction unit after driving the stirring member, thereby closing the valve, and subsequently drives the pressure unit while continuing to drive the stirring member.
An ink supply method for a printing apparatus including a print head configured to discharge ink, an ink storage bag for storing ink to be supplied to the print head, a stirring member configured to stir ink in the ink storage bag, a pressure unit configured to pressurize the ink storage bag, a supply path for supplying ink from the ink supply bag to the print head, a valve disposed in the supply path and a suction unit configured to suck ink from the print head, the ink supply method comprising:
- driving the suction unit after driving the stirring member, thereby closing the valve;
- and
- subsequently driving the pressure unit while continuing to drive the stirring member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.