Patent ID: 6231156
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium by an ink and a processing liquid for making insoluble a coloring material in the ink, said apparatus comprising:a plurality of ink ejecting heads which can eject the ink;a processing liquid ejecting head which can eject the processing liquid;an ejection recovery means for recovering an ejection from said plurality of ink ejecting heads and/or said processing liquid ejecting head; andan ejection recovery condition differentiating means for differentiating an ejection recovery condition for recovering the ejection from said plurality of ink ejecting heads and/or said processing liquid ejecting head by said ejecting recovery means depending upon the possibility of causing deposition of the ink and/or the processing liquid rebounded from the printing medium onto said plurality of ink ejecting heads and/or said processing liquid ejecting head.