Printing apparatus and printing system

A printing apparatus configured to communicate with a server apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising:

• an ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto a medium;
• a maintenance section that performs maintenance of the ejecting section at least by causing the ejecting section to discharge the liquid, periodically or according to an instruction of a user;
• a setting section setting a reference value that satisfies an execution condition of a periodic maintenance periodically performed by the maintenance section;
• a counting section counting a count value from a previous maintenance toward the reference value that specifies an interval of the periodic maintenance;
• and
• an information transmission section that transmits, to the server apparatus, count information relating to the count value from the previous maintenance up to a user maintenance, when the user maintenance is performed according to the instruction of the user, wherein
• the maintenance section performs the periodic maintenance when the count value reaches the reference value, and
• the setting section sets the reference value based on reference information determined by the server apparatus based on the count information.

A printing system comprising:

• a printing apparatus;
• and
• a server apparatus configured to communicate with the printing apparatus via a network, wherein
• the printing apparatus includes
• an ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto a medium,
• a maintenance section that performs maintenance of the ejecting section at least by causing the ejecting section to discharge the liquid, periodically or according to an instruction of a user,
• a setting section setting a reference value that satisfies an execution condition of a periodic maintenance periodically performed by the maintenance section,
• a counting section counting a count value from a previous maintenance toward the reference value that specifies an interval of the periodic maintenance, and
• an information transmission section that transmits, to the server apparatus, count information relating to the count value counted up to a user maintenance, when the user maintenance is performed by the maintenance section according to the instruction of the user,
• the maintenance section performs periodic maintenance when the count value reaches the reference value set by the setting section,
• the server apparatus includes
• a determination section that determines the reference value that is a value corresponding to the count value and a value that is a lower limit value or more, when the count value up to the user maintenance based on count information from the printing apparatus is the lower limit value or more, and determines the lower limit value as the reference value when the count value up to the user maintenance is less than the lower limit value, and
• a reference information transmission section that transmits, to the printing apparatus, reference information relating to the reference value determined by the determination section, and
• the setting section sets the reference value based on the reference information from the server apparatus.