Liquid discharge apparatus and control method of liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKeisuke NIWA, Mitsuhiro KOSEKI
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport belt, a cleaning mechanism that cleans the transport belt, and a control section that controls the cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes a web that abuts against the transport belt and wipes off the liquid on the transport belt, and a driving section that changes a wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt. The control section performs a first operation of changing the wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt a predetermined number of times within a cleaning period for cleaning the transport belt.
Claims10
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a transport belt that transports a medium;
- a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport belt;
- a cleaning mechanism that cleans the transport belt;
- and
- a control section that controls the cleaning mechanism, wherein
- the cleaning mechanism includes
- a web that abuts against the transport belt and wipes off the liquid on the transport belt, and
- a driving section that changes a wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt, and
- the control section performs a first operation of changing the wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt a predetermined number of times within a cleaning period for cleaning the transport belt.
A control method of a liquid discharge apparatus including a transport belt that transports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport belt, a web that abuts against the transport belt and wipes off the liquid on the transport belt, and a driving section that changes a wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt, the method comprising:
- a first step of changing a wiping surface of the web that abuts against the transport belt, wherein
- the first step is performed a predetermined number of times within a cleaning period for cleaning the transport belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.