| 摘要 |
An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method are provided to reduce a volume of ink discarded by recovery operations by executing the recovery operation before a print operation if ink ejection information meets a predetermined criterion. An ink jet printing apparatus comprises a recovery unit(7), acquisition units(111,117), and a control unit(100). The recovery unit performs a recovery operation to maintain an ink ejection performance of a print head(3) following expiry of a first predetermined period. The acquisition units acquire information on first and second parameters relating to operation of the printing apparatus. The control is operable, when the first predetermined period expires and the acquired information indicates that the second parameter meets a second predetermined criterion, to cause the recovery unit to perform such a recovery operation. When the first predetermined period expires and the acquired information indicates that the second parameter does not satisfy the second predetermined criterion, the control unit is operable to cause the recovery unit to perform such a recovery operation if the recovery operation on the print head is determined necessary based on the acquired information on the first parameter.
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