Printing apparatus and medium

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein, and a heater increasing a temperature of a liquid; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein a circulation of the liquid is started after an adjustment of a temperature by the heater is started and the circulation of the liquid is stopped in a case where an image forming operation of ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening on the basis of a job is ended.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a time taken until a circulation flow rate of the liquid reaches a predetermined speed after the circulation of the liquid is started is shorter than a time taken until a temperature of the page wide type liquid ejection head reaches a predetermined temperature after the adjustment of the temperature by the heater is started.

3. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein, and a heater increasing a temperature of a liquid;

a cap that covers the ejection opening; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein an adjustment of a temperature by the heater is started after the cap is opened,

wherein a circulation of the liquid is started after the adjustment of the temperature is started,

wherein an image forming operation of ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening on the basis of a job is started after the circulation of the liquid is started, and

wherein in a case where the image forming operation is ended, the adjustment of the temperature is ended, the circulation of the liquid is stopped, and the cap is closed.

4. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, and a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein;

a cap that covers the ejection opening; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein a circulation of the liquid is started after the cap is opened and the circulation of the liquid is stopped in a case where an image forming operation of ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening on the basis of a job is ended, and

wherein the liquid includes a plurality of colors of ink, the printing apparatus includes liquid circulation systems respectively corresponding to the plurality of colors of ink, and the liquid circulation systems are individually controlled.

5. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, and a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein;

a cap that covers the ejection opening; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein a circulation of the liquid is started after the cap is opened and the circulation of the liquid is stopped in a case where an image forming operation of ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening on the basis of a job is ended,

wherein the printing apparatus includes a monochrome circulation system and a color circulation system, and

wherein the circulation of the liquid is not generated in the color circulation system in a case of a monochrome printing process and the circulation of the liquid is not generated in the monochrome circulation system in a case of a color printing process.

6. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, and a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein;

a cap that covers the ejection opening; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein a circulation of the liquid is started after the cap is opened and the circulation of the liquid is stopped in a case where an image forming operation of ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening on the basis of a job is ended,

wherein the page wide type liquid ejection head further includes a common supply passage that communicates with all pressure chambers and supplies a liquid to all of the pressure chambers and a common collection passage that communicates with all of the pressure chambers and collects the liquid from all of the pressure chambers,

wherein the printing apparatus further comprises a bypass passage that is provided at the downstream side of the page wide type liquid ejection head to fluid-connect a passage connected to the common supply passage to a passage connected to the common collection passage, and

wherein in a case where the image forming operation is ended, the bypass passage is opened to remove a differential pressure between the common supply passage and the common collection passage.

7. A printing apparatus comprising:

a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein, and a heater increasing a temperature of a liquid; and

a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein the printing apparatus performs at least the following steps in the order named:

receiving a printing job;

starting an adjustment of a temperature by the heater;

starting a circulation of the liquid; and

ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening, and starting printing.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the circulator includes a plurality of pumps.

9. The printing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the page wide type liquid ejection head includes first and second negative pressure control units.

10. The printing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the page wide type liquid ejection head includes a common supply passage that communicates with the first negative pressure control unit and supplies a liquid to the pressure chambers and a common collection passage that communicates with the second negative pressure control unit and collects the liquid from the pressure chambers.

11. A printing method performed by a printing apparatus in which the printing apparatus comprises a page wide type liquid ejection head that includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, a print element generating energy for ejecting a liquid, a pressure chamber having the print element provided therein, and a heater increasing a temperature of a liquid; and a circulator configured to circulate the liquid so that the liquid passes through the pressure chamber,

wherein the printing method comprises at least the following steps performed by the printing apparatus in the order named:

receiving a printing job;

starting an adjustment of a temperature by the heater;

starting a circulation of the liquid; and

ejecting the liquid from the ejection opening, and starting printing.