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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Suzuki, Shiojiri, JP;
Koji Harada, Shiojiri, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuhiko Hara, Shiojiri, JP;
Yasunori Koike, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryo Oguchi, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.