Liquid ejecting apparatus and cleaning method for liquid ejecting head

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes one or more liquid ejecting heads each including a filter provided in a middle of a flow path through which liquid is supplied to nozzles, a liquid storage portion storing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head, a circulation mechanism circulating the liquid between the liquid ejecting head and the liquid storage portion, and a controller controlling the circulation mechanism. The one or more liquid ejecting heads include a first liquid ejecting head including a first filter, and the controller performs, with respect to the first liquid ejecting head, a first circulation cleaning process in which a first circulation operation of circulating the liquid at a first flow rate is performed and then a second circulation operation of circulating the liquid at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate is performed.

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