公开(公告)号：US20250108653A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18904670

申请日：2024-10-02

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： TAKESHI YAZAWA ,  SATOSHI WADA ,  NAOKO BABA ,  JUMPEI JOGO ,  SHINGO NISHIOKA ,  KEIJI KURIYAMA ,  SERENA SAITO

IPC: B41J29/393 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: One embodiment is a printing apparatus comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium in a conveyance direction; and a printing head configured to eject a liquid, and being capable of conducting a maintenance control on the printing head while temporarily pausing a printing operation and configured to execute tiled printing of printing an image in which a plurality of printed products obtained by printing are assumed to be arranged adjacent to each other, while dividing the image into a plurality of pages including at least a first page and a second page, wherein the printing apparatus is configured to control whether or not to conduct the maintenance control based on a conveyance-direction distance from a top of the page along the conveyance direction for the page during printing in a case of executing the tiled printing and printing each of the plurality of pages.

公开(公告)号：US20240202478A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18538302

申请日：2023-12-13

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： KEIJI KURIYAMA ,  HIDEHIKO KANDA ,  SATOSHI WADA ,  FUMIHIRO GOTO ,  HAJIME NAGAI ,  SHINGO NISHIOKA ,  SHIN GENTA ,  SERENA YOSHIKAWA

IPC: G06K15/02 ,  B41J2/125

CPC classification number: G06K15/021 ,  B41J2/125 ,  G06K15/027 ,  G06K15/105

Abstract: To print high-definition images, an embodiment of the present invention provides a printing apparatus including: a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium by applying a first liquid containing a colorant and a second liquid containing a component that causes the colorant to aggregate; a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to print a first pattern and a second pattern differing from the first pattern in a manner of application of the first liquid and the second liquid; and an identification unit configured to identify a characteristic of the printing medium based on a first density of the first pattern and a second density of the second pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20240198676A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18538324

申请日：2023-12-13

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： SHINGO NISHIOKA ,  TAKAYOSHI KIKUCHI ,  HAJIME NAGAI ,  SHIN GENTA ,  AYUMI YASUDA ,  KEIJI KURIYAMA ,  SERENA YOSHIKAWA ,  SATOSHI WADA ,  FUMIHIRO GOTO ,  DAISUKE YOSHITOKU ,  NAOKO BABA ,  HIROSHI KAWAFUJI ,  YOSHIYUKI HONDA ,  AKIHIRO MOURI ,  SHUNSUKE KAKEI

IPC: B41J2/15 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J3/62

CPC classification number: B41J2/15 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J3/62

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing-medium conveyance unit, a printhead, and a control unit. The printhead has a first array of ejection ports ejecting a first ink and a second array of ejection ports ejecting a second ink, with the ports arranged in a printing-medium conveyance direction and the arrays arranged in a predetermined direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The control unit performs control to print an image of a foundation layer and images in stack and non-stack regions on the printing medium by having the conveyance unit convey the printing medium while scanning the printhead. The control unit performs control so that in printing in the non-stack region, the image of the foundation layer is printed using an ejection-port group in the first array at the same position as an ejection-port group in the second array for printing the image in the non-stack region, in an ejection-port arrangement direction.

公开(公告)号：US20140015888A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-16

申请号：US14033668

申请日：2013-09-23

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： HIROMITSU YAMAGUCHI ,  MAKOTO AKAHIRA ,  SATOSHI WADA

IPC: B41J2/045

CPC classification number: B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2202/20

Abstract: The present invention forms a high-quality image by using a print head, in which a plurality of arrayed small heads, each having a plurality of print elements arranged in columns, are arranged so that at least two sets of print elements in adjoining small heads are aligned in a scan direction. The print head and a print medium are moved relative to each other in the scan direction crossing a direction of the print element columns. The print elements are divided into a plurality of drive blocks and activated the drive blocks on a time-division basis. The small heads each have the plurality of print elements arranged in columns, the number of print elements being equal to an integer times the number of time-division drive blocks. Drive timings with which to activate the paired print elements aligned in the scan direction are the same time-division drive timing.

Abstract translation: 本发明通过使用打印头形成高质量图像，其中排列有多个排列成多个打印元件的多个排列的小头被布置成使得邻近的小头中的至少两组打印元件 在扫描方向上对齐。 打印头和打印介质沿着与打印元件列的方向交叉的扫描方向相对于彼此移动。 打印元件被分成多个驱动块，并且以时分的方式激活驱动块。 每个小头都具有以列形式布置的多个打印元件，打印元件的数量等于时分驱动块数的整数倍。 用于激活在扫描方向上对齐的成对打印元件的驱动定时是相同的时分驱动定时。

公开(公告)号：US20250117609A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18904665

申请日：2024-10-02

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： YUKI MORITA ,  SATOSHI WADA ,  SHINGO NISHIOKA ,  AYUMI YASUDA ,  NAOKO BABA ,  TAKUMI OTANI

IPC: G06K15/10 ,  G06K15/02

Abstract: A printing apparatus operable to form dots on a printing medium by repeating a forward scan and a backward scan comprises a generation unit configured to generate first data of a dot pattern to be formed in a forward scan and second data of a dot pattern to be formed in a backward scan. The generation unit generates the first data and the second data such that the dot pattern to be formed in the forward scan and the dot pattern to be formed in the backward scan have either a blue noise characteristic or a green noise characteristic as a spatial frequency characteristic, and the number of dots to be formed in the forward scan and the number of dots to be formed in the backward scan are substantially the same.

公开(公告)号：US20250083452A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18802178

申请日：2024-08-13

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： AYUMI YASUDA ,  KEIJI KURIYAMA ,  SERENA SAITO ,  HAJIME NAGAI ,  SHINGO NISHIOKA ,  SHIN GENTA ,  SATOSHI WADA

IPC: B41J2/21 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41M3/00

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feed unit that feeds a printing medium; a print unit including first and second arrays of print elements for applying first ink and second ink, respectively, onto the printing medium; and a fixation unit located downstream of the print unit in a feed direction to fixate an image printed on the printing medium. The print unit prints a first image on the printing medium by applying the first ink. The feed unit feeds the printing medium having the first image printed thereon to the fixation unit from upstream to downstream in the feed direction. The fixation unit fixates the first image. The feed unit back-feeds the printing medium having the first image fixated thereon to the print unit from downstream to upstream in the feed direction. The print unit prints a second image on the first image by applying the second ink.