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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShin Genta, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Masataka Kato, Tsuyoshi Ibe, Tomoki Yamamuro
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Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of performing preliminary discharge without the influence of mist while suppressing degradation in throughput regardless of a preliminary discharge time. Specifically, an inkjet printing apparatus that performs a wiping operation on a nozzle arrangement surface provided with nozzles discharging an ink in a print head includes a wiping determination unit that determines whether to perform the wiping operation before preliminary discharge based on the amount of the preliminary discharge to be performed.
An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
A control method for an inkjet printing apparatus including a print head having a nozzle arrangement surface on which a nozzle for discharging ink is provided, the print head being configured to perform a preliminary discharge operation, a wiping unit configured to perform a wiping operation for the nozzle arrangement surface, and a control unit configured to control the print head and the wiping unit, the control method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.