Patent ID: 8888223
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet printing apparatus that performs printing on a print medium, said apparatus comprising: a print head having a plurality of ejection openings; a head temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire the temperature of said print head, including a completion temperature at a time when a print scan is completed and a before-subsequent scan temperature at a time before a subsequent print scan; a heating unit configured to heat said print head; a setting unit configured to set a target temperature, wherein a control unit configured to (i) start a subsequent print scan by said print head after said heating unit heats said print head to the target temperature, if the before-subsequent scan temperature is lower than the target temperature, and (ii) start the subsequent print scan by said print head without waiting for the temperature of said print head to be the target temperature, if the before-subsequent scan temperature is greater than or equal to the target temperature.