Wiping method for inkjet recording head
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShin Ishimatsu
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Abstract
A discharge-port surface of a recording head having a plurality of discharge-port rows from which ink is discharged is wiped with processing liquid applied between the discharge-port surface and the wiper. The amount of processing liquid applied to the discharge-port surface or the wiper differs for each discharge-port row. Alternatively, at least two kinds of processing liquid are applied for the discharge-port rows. Alternatively, the processing liquid to be applied is selected from a plurality of kinds of processing liquid depending on the ambient temperature.
Claims7
A wiping method for an inkjet recording head having a discharge-port surface and a plurality of ink-discharge-port rows, the method comprising:
- applying processing liquid to the discharge-port surface or a wiper, an amount of the processing liquid applied to the discharge-port surface or the wiper being different for each of the ink-discharge-port rows;
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- wiping the discharge-port surface along with the processing liquid with the wiper.
A wiping method for an inkjet recording head having a discharge-port surface and a plurality of ink-discharge-port rows, the method comprising:
- applying processing liquid to the discharge-port surface by ejecting the processing liquid from a first ejecting unit or a second ejecting unit, the first and second ejecting units being arranged so as to correspond to the ink-discharge-port rows;
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- wiping the discharge-port surface along with the processing liquid with the wiper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.