发明名称 Printing apparatus, recording head cleaning method, control process and computerized cleaning program for the recording head in a printer
摘要 The cleaning process best suited to the condition of an inkjet printer is selected and run, thereby removing nozzle clogging without wastefully consuming ink. The first time a cleaning switch 7 is operated a CL1 cleaning process is run. If the cleaning switch 7 is pressed a second time and the print pass count is less than e.g., 400, a CL2 cleaning process that uses more ink than the CL1 process is used to clean the recording head, but if the print pass count is 400 or more, the CL1 cleaning process is used. If the print pass count is less than 400 the third time the switch is operated, the CL2 cleaning process is used, but the CL1 cleaning process is used if the print pass count is 400 or more. If the cleaning switch 7 is operated four or more times and the print pass count is less than 400, a YCL cleaning process that consumes substantially no ink is used to clean the recording head, but if the print pass count is 400 or more, the CL1 cleaning process is used.
申请公布号 US7871146(B2) 申请公布日期 2011.01.18
申请号 US20070801220 申请日期 2007.05.09
申请人 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 发明人 KOIKE TOSHIAKI;SUZUKI TOMOJI
分类号 B41J2/165;B41J2/18;B41J2/185 主分类号 B41J2/165
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