Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakanori Aimono
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle for ejecting a liquid, first to fourth pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle, first to fourth driving elements provided corresponding to each of the first to fourth pressure chambers, and a control section that controls the first to fourth driving elements. The control section is capable of executing a first ejection mode in which all of the first to fourth driving elements are driven to eject a liquid from the nozzle, and a second ejection mode in which only some driving elements among the first to fourth driving elements are driven to eject a liquid from the nozzle.
Claims17
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle for ejecting a liquid;
- first to fourth pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle;
- first to fourth driving elements, each of the first to fourth driving elements provided to correspond to one of the first to fourth pressure chambers;
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- a control section that controls the first to fourth driving elements, the control section in communication with a non-transitory medium storing instructions that include a first ejection mode and a second ejection mode, wherein
- the control section is configured to access the non-transitory medium to execute the first ejection mode in which all of the first to fourth driving elements are driven to eject the liquid from the nozzle, and the second ejection mode in which only some driving elements among the first to fourth driving elements are driven to eject the liquid from the nozzle,
- wherein the second ejection mode includes a partial drive mode in which only two driving elements among the first to fourth driving elements are driven to eject the liquid from the nozzle, and
- the partial drive mode includes a mode in which only two driving elements corresponding to two pressure chambers having a flow path length to the nozzle shorter than those of the other pressure chambers among the first to fourth pressure chambers are driven to eject the liquid from the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.