Liquid ejection apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi ITO
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi ITO
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A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head including (i) an ejection opening portion, (ii) a supply flow passage, and (iii) an actuator, a first tank connected to the liquid ejection head to supply liquid to the supply flow passage; a pump for forcing the liquid in the first tank into the supply flow passage; and a controller. The controller executes: a first control for driving the actuator, or the actuator and the pump such that all the liquid in the first tank flows to the supply flow passage; and a second control for, after a completion of the first control, driving the actuator in a state in which the pump is stopped, to discharge the liquid in the supply flow passage from the ejection opening portion such that an amount of the liquid in the supply flow passage falls within a predetermined range.
A liquid ejection apparatus, comprising:
A method of controlling a liquid ejection apparatus, the liquid ejection apparatus comprising:
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