Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsJunya Suzuki, Yoji Takahashi
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a fixation member that can be located at a fixation position where a liquid supply coupling portion is coupled to a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage and is fixed to the carriage and at a release position where the fixation is released, and a carriage cover provided to the carriage such that the carriage cover is located at a closed position and covers an upper part of the carriage when the liquid ejecting head ejects the liquid. The carriage cover includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the fixation member when the carriage cover is located at a position different from the closed position in a case in which the fixation member is located at the release position.
Claims12
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a carriage;
- a liquid ejecting head that is mounted on the carriage and ejects a liquid;
- a liquid supply coupling portion that is mounted on the carriage and is detachably coupled to the liquid ejecting head so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting head;
- a fixation member configured to be located at a fixation position where the liquid supply coupling portion is coupled to the liquid ejecting head and fixed to the carriage, and at a release position where the fixation is released;
- and
- a carriage cover provided to the carriage, the carriage cover being located at a closed position when the liquid ejecting head ejects the liquid, and covering an upper part of the carriage at the closed position, wherein
- the carriage cover includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the fixation member when the carriage cover is located at a position different from the closed position in a case in which the fixation member is located at the release position, wherein the fixation member does not advance the carriage cover to the closed position when the fixation member is located at the release position.
A method of controlling a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with
- a carriage mounting a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid and being configured to move between an ejection area used to cause the liquid ejecting head to eject the liquid onto a medium and a maintenance area provided at a position adjacent to the ejection area and used to perform maintenance of the liquid ejecting head,
- a carriage movement mechanism that moves the carriage,
- a liquid supply coupling portion that is mounted on the carriage and is detachably coupled to the liquid ejecting head so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting head, and
- a carriage cover provided to the carriage, the carriage cover covering an upper part of the carriage when the liquid ejecting head ejects the liquid, the carriage cover being different from and inside of a liquid ejecting apparatus cover,
- the method comprising:
- moving the carriage to a detachment position when detaching the liquid supply coupling portion,
- wherein the detachment position is provided in the maintenance area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.