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US 2012/0268510 A1Published application
Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and liquid droplet ejecting method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKenji KOJIMA
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Abstract
An inspection ejection unit is moved, and ink that has been ejected onto the inspection ejection unit is imaged in a region outside of a movable range of an ejecting head, whereby the ink ejecting state of the nozzle is inspected.
Claims13
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects ink onto a target object, the ejecting head being configured and arranged to move relative to the target object;
- and
- an inspection unit configured and arranged to inspect an ink ejecting state of the nozzle, the inspection unit including
- an inspection ejection unit onto which the ink is ejected from the nozzle of the ejecting head, the inspection ejection unit being movable, and
- an imaging unit arranged in a region outside of a movable range of the ejecting head, the imaging unit being configured and arranged to image the ink ejected onto the inspection ejection unit in the region outside of the movable range of the ejecting head.
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A liquid droplet ejecting method for ejecting ink onto a target object from a nozzle formed in an ejecting head that is movable relative to the target object, the liquid droplet ejecting method comprising:
- ejecting the ink onto an inspection ejection unit from the nozzle in the ejecting head;
- moving the inspection ejection unit;
- and
- imaging the ink ejected onto the inspection ejection unit in a region outside of a movable range of the ejecting head to inspect the ink ejecting state of the nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.