Liquid ejecting device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTomohiro Numajiri
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting device includes an ejecting unit that includes a nozzle surface at which at least one nozzle is open and that ejects a liquid onto a medium from the at least one nozzle, a carriage that is mounted with the ejecting unit and that reciprocates in a scanning direction, a drying unit that is mounted at the carriage and that dries the liquid ejected onto the medium by the ejecting unit, and a receiving unit that receives the liquid discharged from the at least one nozzle as a result of a maintenance operation for the ejecting unit. The receiving unit includes an absorbing member that absorbs the liquid. The drying unit dries the absorbing member when the ejecting unit is positioned, during printing, at a stop position at which the ejecting unit stops.
Claims16
A liquid ejecting device comprising:
- an ejecting unit including a nozzle surface at which at least one nozzle is open, the ejecting unit being configured to perform printing on a medium by ejecting a liquid onto the medium from the at least one nozzle;
- a carriage mounted with the ejecting unit and configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction;
- a drying unit mounted at the carriage and configured to dry the liquid ejected onto the medium by the ejecting unit;
- and
- a receiving unit configured to receive the liquid discharged from the at least one nozzle as a result of a maintenance operation for the ejecting unit, wherein
- the receiving unit includes an absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid,
- the drying unit dries the absorbing member when the ejecting unit is positioned, during the printing, at a stop position at which the ejecting unit stops,
- the drying unit includes an air blowing unit configured to dry the medium by blowing air onto the medium, and
- the air blowing unit blows the air onto the absorbing member when the ejecting unit stops at the stop position.
A liquid ejecting device comprising:
- an ejecting unit including a nozzle surface at which at least one nozzle is open, the ejecting unit being configured to perform printing on a medium by ejecting a liquid onto the medium from the at least one nozzle;
- a carriage mounted with the ejecting unit and configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction;
- a drying unit mounted at the carriage and configured to dry the liquid ejected onto the medium by the ejecting unit;
- and
- a receiving unit configured to receive the liquid discharged from the at least one nozzle as a result of a maintenance operation for the ejecting unit, wherein
- the receiving unit includes an absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid,
- the drying unit dries the absorbing member when the ejecting unit is positioned, during the printing, at a stop position at which the ejecting unit stops,
- the drying unit includes a heating unit configured to heat the medium, and
- the heating unit heats the absorbing member when the ejecting unit stops at the stop position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.