Patent ID: 9707763
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus performing a printing operation to form an image on a sheet, comprising: a print head configured to eject ink; a platen configured to hold the sheet, wherein the platen has an ink absorption element that absorbs ink ejected outside of the sheet while performing a margin-less printing operation; a collection unit configured to collect ink mist generated from the print head while the print head ejects ink; and a control unit configured to control the collection unit to increase a collection power in a maintenance operation to be greater than in the margin-less printing operation, wherein the maintenance operation is a dissolving operation different from the margin-less printing operation, in which the print head ejects ink onto the ink absorption element to dissolve deposited ink that was ejected and deposited on the ink absorption element in the margin-less printing operation.