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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Ryoh Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimi Nemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Taguma, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuto Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoh Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimi Nemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Taguma, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuto Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharging device detects, among a plurality of nozzles of a liquid discharging head, a normal-discharging nozzle and a false-discharging nozzle, selects whether to recover discharging performance of the false-discharging nozzle by a cleaner or to compensate deterioration in an image caused by the false-discharging nozzle by a compensator using the normal-discharging nozzle according to the detected number of consecutive false-discharging nozzles, and performs operation according to the selection.