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US 2026/0217037 A1Published application
Inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorKeita SAITO
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a deaeration module capable of deaerating dissolved gas in ink; an inkjet head that ejects the ink deaerated by the deaeration module; and a hardware processor that predicts a malfunction of the deaeration module. In one embodiment, the inkjet recording apparatus further includes a sensor that senses a predetermined phenomenon related to the malfunction of the deaeration module, and the hardware processor predicts the malfunction of the deaeration module based on a sensing result of the sensor.
Claims20
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a deaeration module capable of deaerating dissolved gas in ink;
- an inkjet head that ejects the ink deaerated by the deaeration module;
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- a hardware processor that predicts a malfunction of the deaeration module.
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