| 摘要 |
An ink jet printer for efficiently eliminating temporary ink ejection defects following print interruptions, and a control method for said ink jet printer, are disclosed. The idle time, i.e., the time lapsed between the previous current apply time and the present current apply time, is evaluated before printing. If the idle time is less than a first reference time (t1), an purging is accomplished with 0 or a first number of shots. If the time interval is between first and second reference times (t1 = < IT < t2), purging is executed with a second number of shots. If the time interval is greater than or equal to the second reference time (t2 = < IT), purging is executed with a third number of shots that is less than the specified second number of shots. <IMAGE> |
