Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazuhisa Yoda, Yosuke Fukuda
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharger, a discharge receptacle, and circuitry. The liquid discharger includes a nozzle configured to discharge liquid. The discharge receptacle is configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharger. The circuitry is configured to control a flushing operation of the liquid discharger. The circuitry is configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform flushing to the discharge receptacle and a sheet to which the liquid is applied, with a first flushing amount and a second flushing amount different from the first flushing amount, respectively.
Claims10
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharger including a nozzle configured to discharge liquid;
- a discharge receptacle configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharger;
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- circuitry configured to control a flushing operation of the liquid discharger,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform flushing to the discharge receptacle and a sheet to which the liquid is applied, with a first flushing amount and a second flushing amount different from the first flushing amount, respectively.
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharger including a nozzle configured to discharge liquid;
- a discharge receptacle configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharger;
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- circuitry configured to control a flushing operation of the liquid discharger,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform flushing to the discharge receptacle with different flushing amounts between a plurality of areas in a longitudinal direction of the discharge receptacle.
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharger including a nozzle configured to discharge liquid;
- a discharge receptacle configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharger;
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- circuitry configured to control a flushing operation of the liquid discharger,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform flushing, with a given flushing amount, to the discharge receptacle and a sheet to which the liquid is applied,
- the given flushing amount being divided into a first flushing amount and a second flushing amount,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the liquid discharger to perform the flushing to the discharge receptacle and the sheet with the first flushing amount and the second flushing amount, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.