Patent ID: 11919300
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An inkjet printing method for printing an image on a print medium, the inkjet printing method comprising:
carrying out a print scan by causing a print head that ejects an ink onto the print medium in accordance with print data to scan in a main scanning direction;
conveying the print medium in a direction crossing the main scanning direction; and
heating the print head before carrying out each of the print scans,
wherein the first print scan in a first print job for a first type of print medium is carried out in a case where a temperature of the print head is higher than a first target temperature,
wherein each of the second and later print scans in the first print job is carried out in a case where a temperature of the print head is higher than a second target temperature,
wherein the first print scan in a second print job for a second type of print medium different from the first type of print medium is carried out in a case where a temperature of the print head is higher than the first target temperature, and
wherein each of the second and later print scans in the second print job is carried out in a case where a temperature of the print head is higher than a third target temperature different from the second target temperature.