Fluid ejecting apparatus and ejecting head maintenance method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShigenori Fukasawa, Satoru Hosono, Hideki Okumura, Seiji Tojo
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Abstract
A method for maintaining a fluid ejecting apparatus including an ejecting head that has an ejecting surface in which a plurality of ejecting ports that eject fluid are formed, and a maintenance portion that performs maintenance processing to recover the ejection of fluid from the ejecting ports and that has a cap member and a wiping member. The method includes performing capping processing to put the cap member on the ejecting surface and to suck, and then wiping processing to wipe the ejecting surface with the wiping member, and performing the capping processing again and then waiting a predetermined time without performing the wiping processing.
Claims7
A method for maintaining a fluid ejecting apparatus including an ejecting head that has an ejecting surface in which a plurality of ejecting ports that eject fluid are formed, and a maintenance portion that performs maintenance processing to recover the ejection of fluid from the ejecting ports and that has a cap member and a wiping member, the method comprising:
- performing a first capping process to put the cap member on the ejecting surface of the ejection head;
- performing a first suction process to suck the fluid in a space formed between the cap member and the ejecting surface;
- performing a wiping process to wipe the ejecting surface with the wiping member;
- performing a second suction process to suck fluid in the space between the cap member and the ejecting surface;
- and
- performing a waiting process to wait the a predetermined time without performing a second wiping process.
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting head that has an ejecting surface in which a plurality of ejecting ports that eject fluid are formed;
- a maintenance portion that performs maintenance processing to recover the ejection of fluid from the ejecting ports and that has a cap member and a wiping member;
- and
- a control portion that controls the maintenance portion,
- wherein the control portion causes the maintenance portion to perform the following:
- a first capping process to put the cap member on the ejecting surface;
- a first suction process to suck the fluid in a space formed between the cap member and the ejecting surface, wherein the first capping process and the first suction process are performed prior to any wiping process being performed;
- a wiping process to wipe the ejecting surface with the wiping member;
- a second suction process to suck the fluid in the space formed between the cap member and the ejecting surface;
- and
- a waiting process to wait a predetermined time without performing a second wiping process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.