Maintenance unit, liquid discharge apparatus, and control method for liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHisashi SATO
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Abstract
A maintenance unit is provided to be mounted on a liquid discharge apparatus including a discharge portion that performs printing by discharging a liquid from a nozzle to a medium when the printing is not performed, and includes a cap configured to form a space in which the nozzle is open, and a pump configured to depressurize the space.
Claims12
A maintenance unit configured to be mounted on a liquid discharge apparatus including a discharge portion that performs printing by discharging a liquid from a nozzle to a medium when the printing is not performed, the maintenance unit comprising:
- a space forming portion configured to form a space in which the nozzle is open;
- and
- a depressurizing portion configured to depressurize the space.
A control method of a liquid discharge apparatus including a discharge portion that performs printing by discharging a liquid from a nozzle with respect to a medium, a maintenance unit having a space forming portion configured to form a space in which the nozzle is open, and a depressurizing portion configured to depressurize the space, and a mounting portion configured to mount the maintenance unit when the printing is not performed, the method comprising:
- performing a notification to mount the maintenance unit on the mounting portion;
- performing a notification for prompting depressurization by the depressurizing portion;
- and
- performing a notification to remove the maintenance unit from the mounting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.