Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of maintaining liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a filter configured to filter a supplied liquid and eject the liquid filtered by the filter from nozzles, a liquid ejecting portion holding portion replaceably holding the liquid ejecting portion, a liquid supply flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion, a flow mechanism configured to flow the liquid, and a control portion configured to drive the flow mechanism to cause the liquid to flow in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion in replacement of the liquid ejecting portion.
Claims5
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting portion having a filter configured to filter a supplied liquid and eject the liquid filtered by the filter from nozzles;
- a liquid ejecting portion holding portion replaceably holding the liquid ejecting portion;
- a liquid supply flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion;
- a liquid return flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion, the liquid return flow channel constituting a circulation flow channel together with the liquid supply flow channel;
- a flow mechanism configured to flow the liquid in the circulation flow channel;
- a control portion configured to drive the flow mechanism to cause the liquid to flow in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion;
- wherein
- in the case of replacing the liquid ejecting portion, before replacing the liquid ejecting portion, the control portion drives the flow mechanism and flows the liquid in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.