| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a maintenance method for a liquid ejecting apparatus, capable of quickly washing away sediment in a liquid flow passage supplying liquid to an ejecting mechanism.SOLUTION: A maintenance method for a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a step, while ink (15) of a supply source supplied to an ink supply tube 31 is switched to washing liquid (35), of causing the switched washing liquid to flow into the ink supply tube by discharging the ink by the suction of a liquid suction mechanism 27 to replace at least some of the ink in a circulation flow passage JF with the washing liquid; a step of circulating the replacement washing liquid in the circulation flow passage together with the ink by the operation of a tube pump 40 to mix it with the ink; and a step of sucking the mixed liquid in which the washing liquid and the ink are mixed by the circulation from a nozzle 21a by the liquid suction mechanism to discharge it from a liquid ejecting head 21. |
