Server, printing system and method of controlling printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaoya Kanamura, Katsuaki Sato
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Abstract
A server connected via a network to a printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzles includes an acquisition unit that acquires nozzle information indicating a state of the plurality of nozzles, a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle to be cleaned based on the nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.
Claims12
A server comprising:
- an acquisition unit that acquires first nozzle information indicating a state of a plurality of nozzles, wherein the server is connected via a network to a printing apparatus including the plurality of nozzles;
- a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles to be cleaned based on the first nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the nozzle is cleaned when a number of nozzles among the plurality of nozzles having an ink ejection failure is equal to or greater than a first threshold value based on the first nozzle information;
- and
- an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.
A printing system comprising:
- a printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzles;
- and
- a server connected to the printing apparatus via a network, wherein
- the printing apparatus includes
- a communication unit that transmits nozzle information indicating a state of the plurality of nozzles to the server, and wherein the server includes
- an acquisition unit that acquires the nozzle information indicating the state of the plurality of nozzles, the nozzle information being transmitted by the printing apparatus,
- a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles to be cleaned based on the nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the nozzle is cleaned when a number of nozzles among the plurality of nozzles having an ink ejection failure is equal to or greater than a threshold value based on the nozzle information, and
- an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.
A method of controlling a printing system, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a printing apparatus, nozzle information indicating a state of a plurality of nozzles to a server, wherein
- the printing system includes the printing apparatus,
- the printing apparatus includes the plurality of nozzles, and
- the server is connected to the printing apparatus via a network;
- and
- acquiring, by the server, the nozzle information indicating the state of the plurality of nozzles, the nozzle information being transmitted by the printing apparatus,
- determining, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles to be cleaned based on the acquired nozzle information, wherein the nozzle is cleaned when a number of nozzles among the plurality of nozzles having an ink ejection failure is equal to or greater than a threshold value based on the nozzle information, and
- instructing the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle determined to be cleaned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.