Cleaning method and cleaning device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTetsuya AOYAMA, Hitoshi OHTA
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Abstract
A cleaning method of an ink supply path in a recording apparatus where ink is supplied from an ink cartridge, includes a first cleaning step of cleaning by supplying to the ink supply path a gas-liquid mixture of a cleaning liquid A provided with an ink cleaning action and gas, and a second cleaning step of cleaning by supplying to the ink supply path a cleaning liquid B provided with an air bubble suppressing action after the first cleaning step.
Claims15
A cleaning method of an ink supply path in a recording apparatus in which ink is supplied from an ink cartridge, the method comprising:
- a first cleaning the ink supply path by supplying a gas-liquid mixture of a cleaning liquid A provided with an ink cleaning action and gas to the ink supply path;
- and
- a second cleaning the ink supply path by supplying a cleaning liquid B provided with an air bubble suppressing action after the first cleaning step to the ink supply path.
A cleaning device of an ink supply path for a recording apparatus in which ink is supplied from an ink cartridge, the device comprising:
- a gas-liquid mixture generating unit which generates a gas-liquid mixture by mixing a cleaning liquid A which is provided with an ink cleaning action and gas;
- and
- a selective unit which selects one of the gas-liquid mixture and a cleaning liquid B provided with an air bubble suppressing action, and introduces the selected cleaning liquid to the ink supply path,
- wherein the selective unit is configured to introduce the cleaning liquid B to the ink supply path after having cleaned the ink supply path by supplying the gas-liquid mixture to the ink supply path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.