摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a head maintenance method enabling high-quality printing while keeping good throughput without causing needless cost. SOLUTION: In the head maintenance method in which ink is sucked from an ink nozzle by sucking while closely contacting a head cap 63 to a nozzle forming face 21a of the printing head 21, and thereafter cleaning processing wiping the nozzle forming face 21a of the printing head 21 by a wiper 51 is carried out, wiping processing wiping the nozzle forming face 21a by the wiper 51 is carried out in addition to the cleaning processing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |