Control apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHaruhisa UEZAWA
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a discharge control unit, wherein the discharge control unit controls liquid so that, before a start of printing of which the printing is performed on a printing medium by ejecting a liquid, which is filled and heated within flow passages, from a nozzle opening, the liquid within the flow passages of the liquid ejecting head is discharged from the nozzle opening, and, after the liquid ejecting head is heated to a printing temperature by the heated liquid and the liquid ejecting head reaches the printing temperature, discharging of the liquid from the nozzle opening is stopped.
Claims12
A control apparatus comprising a discharge control unit,
- wherein the discharge control unit controls liquid so that, before a start of printing of which the printing is performed on a printing medium by ejecting a liquid, which is filled and heated within flow passages, from a nozzle opening, the liquid within the flow passages of the liquid ejecting head is discharged from the nozzle opening, and, after the liquid ejecting head is heated to a printing temperature by the heated liquid and the liquid ejecting head reaches the printing temperature, discharging of the liquid from the nozzle opening is stopped.
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a control apparatus comprising a discharge control unit, wherein the discharge control unit controls liquid so that, before a start of printing of which the printing is performed on a printing medium by ejecting a liquid, which is filled and heated within flow passages, from a nozzle opening, the liquid within the flow passages of the liquid ejecting head is discharged from the nozzle opening, and, after the liquid ejecting head is heated to a printing temperature by the heated liquid and the liquid ejecting head reaches the printing temperature, discharging of the liquid from the nozzle opening is stopped;
- a liquid ejecting head that ejects the liquid from the nozzle opening;
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- a heating unit that heats the liquid flowing within the flow passages of the liquid ejecting head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.