Patent ID: 8985740
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising: a print head having at least one nozzle array disposed in an orifice face, the nozzle array including a plurality of nozzles is arranged in a first direction, the nozzles ejecting ink; a scanning unit configured to scan the print head in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a purge unit configured to perform a purging operation and including a sheet member configured to contact the orifice face and purge ink deposited on the orifice face a winding unit configured to wind the sheet member thereon; and a control unit configured to control, on the basis of the number of ink ejections from the print head executed between a first purging operation performed by the purge unit and a second purging operation subsequently performed after the first purging operation, an amount of winding of the sheet member by the winding unit after the second purging operation.