Fluid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling the fluid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKaoru Koike, Toshio Kumagai, Hiroki Matsuoka
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Abstract
A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects fluid; a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands; and a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to the spot on the medium where the fluid lands. The mist portion is a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating.
Claims6
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle that ejects fluid;
- a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands;
- a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to a spot on the medium where the fluid lands, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating;
- and
- a controller controlling the mist sucking section such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection.
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle that elects fluid;
- a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands;
- a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle elects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to a spot on the medium where the fluid lands, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid elected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating;
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- a controller controlling the mist sucking section such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection and such that the formula
- v
- m
- ≥
- r
- m
- t
- n
- -
- d
- pg
- v
- d
- is satisfied, where vm [m/s] is the speed of movement of the mist portion in the direction of the mist sucking section, tn [s] is the predetermined time period, vd [m/s] is the speed of the fluid ejected by the nozzle, dpg [m] is the distance between the nozzle and the medium, and rm [m] is the radius of the mist portion.
A method of controlling a fluid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- providing a fluid ejecting apparatus, the fluid ejecting apparatus having a nozzle that ejects fluid, a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands, and a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating;
- and
- controlling the mist sucking section when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route along which the fluid travels after being ejected from the nozzle until landing on the medium such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.