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CAP AND INKJET PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME
20220402271 · 2022-12-22 ·

A cap includes a holder and a body fitted into the holder. The body covers a nozzle surface such that an enclosed space is defined between the body and the nozzle surface. The holder includes a first side wall extending upward from a first bottom wall and having a frame shape in a plan view, and a protrusion on an inner surface of the first side wall and extending in an up-down direction. The body includes a second side wall extending upward from a second bottom wall and having a frame shape in the plan view, a lip on an upper end of the second side wall and contactable with the nozzle surface, and a recessed groove in an outer surface of the second side wall, extending in the up-down direction, and in engagement with the protrusion.

PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A printing apparatus comprises a carriage including a print head that discharges ink, the carriage reciprocally moving relative to a print medium, a wiping unit configured to wipe a discharge port surface, and a control unit configured to control a movement operation of the carriage and a wiping operation of the wiping unit such that when a deceleration when stopping the carriage is a first deceleration, a time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping unit starts wiping is set to a first time, and when the deceleration when stopping the carriage is a second deceleration lower than the first deceleration, the time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping unit starts wiping is set to a second time shorter than the first time.

RECORDING APPARATUS
20220388311 · 2022-12-08 ·

A recording apparatus 101 includes a carriage 21 mounted with a liquid storage portion 46 and a recording head 22, the carriage 21 being movable to a visual check position, where liquid in the liquid storage portion 46 is visually checkable through a front surface 43F, and to a recording position, where the recording head 22 ejects the liquid to a medium, and light emitting units 81 and capable of illuminating the inside of the liquid storage portion 46 at least when the carriage 21 is positioned at the visual check position.

Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for activating liquid ejecting apparatus
11518163 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a printing portion and a control portion. The printing portion executes a printing operation including ejecting a liquid from a nozzle onto a medium. The control portion executes an initial operation upon supply of power and executes the printing operation in accordance with a print instruction. The initial operation and the printing operation include a common printing operation that is common to the initial operation and the printing operation. When the control portion does not receive the print instruction during execution of the initial operation, the control portion executes the initial operation including the common printing operation. When the control portion receives the print instruction during execution of the initial operation, the control portion omits the common printing operation from the initial operation.

Liquid ejection apparatus
11518171 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head and a controller. The controller configured to perform: determining whether a discharge failure occurs in a first nozzle; in a case where it is determined that the discharge failure occurs in the first nozzle, determining whether a certain condition is satisfied; in a case where it is determined that the certain condition is satisfied: applying a flushing signal to a second driving element; applying a driving signal to the second driving element; determining whether the discharge failure occurs in a second nozzle; in a case where it is determined that the discharge failure does not occur in the second nozzle, executing a first purge; and in a case where it is determined that the discharge failure occurs in the second nozzle, executing a second purge.

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT PRODUCING METHOD
20220379599 · 2022-12-01 ·

A printing apparatus according to an aspect includes a printing mechanism and a control section configured to control the printing mechanism to form a different margin according to presence or absence of an abnormality of the printing mechanism and a degree of the abnormality.

Ink jet head maintenance apparatus and ink jet recording apparatus
11511543 · 2022-11-29 · ·

An ink jet head maintenance apparatus includes a suction member which includes a suction hole to suction ink and in which air in the suction hole is suctioned from one opening of the suction hole by a suction operation unit. The suction member includes a height adjustment surface which is adjacent to an opening surface in which the other opening of the suction hole is provided and in which an inner angle formed with the opening surface is an obtuse angle. Each position of the opening surface is able to move in a first direction including a normal direction of the opening surface in a predetermined initial state in response to external force applied to the height adjustment surface.

Inkjet head cleaning unit and cleaning system

An inkjet printer cleaning system includes an inkjet printer and a cleaning unit. The inkjet printer includes an ink head and a table that faces the ink head and on which a substrate is to be placed. The cleaning unit includes an attachment attachable to and removable from the table, and a cleaner that faces the ink head upon attaching of the attachment to the table.

Liquid discharging apparatus

A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging head having nozzles, a tank which stores liquid, and a controller. The controller causes the liquid discharging head to perform a discharging operation for discharging the liquid from the nozzles based on a discharging data. The discharging data includes unit discharging data indicating whether the liquid is to be discharged from the nozzles within a predetermined time period. In the discharging operation, a) if a discharge amount based on the unit discharging data is less than a threshold value, the liquid discharging head performs a first discharging operation during the predetermined time period, and b) if the discharge amount based on the unit discharging data is equal to or more than the threshold value, the liquid discharging head performs a second discharging operation during another time period longer than the predetermined time period.

PRINTING APPARATUS

A printing apparatus includes a carriage, a carriage mover including a motor to move the carriage, a motor controller configured to control the motor, a power supply configured to selectively apply a first voltage or a second voltage to the motor controller, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage, and a transmitter to transmit a control signal for movement of the carriage when a predetermined control condition is satisfied. The first voltage is a voltage enabling the motor controller to move the carriage at a first speed by the motor. The second voltage is a voltage enabling the motor controller to move the carriage at a second speed by the motor, the second speed being higher than the first speed. The power supply applies the first voltage to the motor controller in a state where the transmitter transmits the control signal.