Liquid discharging apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKaoru Koike, Toshio Kumagai
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Abstract
When filling a printing head with ink, ink in a sub-tank is circulated through a forward path port, a forward path, the printing head, a return path, a return path port, and the sub-tank by pumping ink from the forward path port side to the printing head side by a circulation pump in a state where a plurality of nozzles is sealed by bringing a contact member of a capping device into contact with a nozzle formation surface. Thereafter, sealing of the plurality of nozzles by the capping device is released while pressurizing the sub-tank by a pressure adjusting device.
Claims5
A method of controlling a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a discharging head having a plurality of nozzles which discharge liquid;
- a storage section which stores the liquid;
- a circulation flow path having the discharging head, the storage section, a first flow path through which the liquid is supplied from the storage section to the discharging head, and second flow path through which the liquid flows back to the storage section from the discharging head;
- a pump that circulates the liquid through the circulation flow path;
- a sealing member capable of sealing each of the plurality of nozzles;
- and a pressurization section capable of pressurizing the storage section,
- the method comprising:
- a first process of sealing each of the plurality of the nozzles using the sealing member;
- a second process of executing a first rotation control in which the pump is controlled such that the pump rotates at a first rotational rate after the first process is completed;
- a third process of executing a second rotation control in which the pump is controlled such that the pump rotates at a second rotational rate after the second process is complete, the second rotational rate being lower than the first rotational rate;
- a fourth process of pressurizing the storage section using the pressurization section after the third process is completed;
- a fifth process of releasing the sealing of each of the plurality of the nozzles after the fourth process is completed;
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- a sixth process of stopping the pressurizing of the storage section after the fifth process is completed.
A liquid discharging apparatus, comprising:
- a discharging head having a plurality of nozzles which discharge liquid;
- a storage section which stores the liquid;
- a circulation flow path having the discharging head, the storage section, a first flow path through which the liquid is supplied from the storage section to the discharging head, and second flow path through which the liquid flows back to the storage section from the discharging head;
- a pump that circulates the liquid through the circulation flow path;
- a sealing member capable of sealing each of the plurality of nozzles;
- a pressurization section capable of pressurizing the storage section;
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- a controller that commands the sealing member to seal each of the plurality of the nozzles, then executes a first rotation control in which the pump is controlled such that the pump rotates at a first rotational rate, then executes a second rotation control in which the pump is controlled such that the pump rotates at a second rotational rate that is lower than the first rotational rate, then commands the pressurization section to pressurize the storage section, then commands the sealing member to release the sealing of each of the plurality of the nozzles, and then commands the pressurization section to stop the pressurizing of the storage section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.