Liquid ejecting apparatus and maintenance method of liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShinya Komatsu, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber, a liquid supply flow path that supplies the liquid stored in a liquid storing portion to the liquid ejecting portion, a degas module provided in the liquid supply flow path, a vacuum degree adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum degree of the degas module, a state detecting mechanism configured to detect a state inside the pressure chamber, and a control portion that drives and controls the vacuum degree adjustment mechanism based on a detecting result of the state detecting mechanism.
Claims12
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber;
- a liquid supply flow path that supplies the liquid stored in a liquid storing portion to the liquid ejecting portion;
- a degas module provided in the liquid supply flow path;
- a vacuum degree adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum degree of the degas module;
- a state detecting mechanism configured to detect a state inside the pressure chamber;
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- a control portion that drives and controls the vacuum degree adjustment mechanism based on a detecting result of the state detecting mechanism.
A maintenance method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber,
- a liquid supply flow path that supplies the liquid stored in a liquid storing portion to the liquid ejecting portion,
- a degas module provided in the liquid supply flow path, a vacuum degree adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum degree of the degas module, and
- a state detecting mechanism configured to detect a state inside the pressure chamber,
- the maintenance method comprising:
- driving the vacuum degree adjustment mechanism based on a detecting result of the state detecting mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.