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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16511 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid to a medium transported along a transport path, a suction mechanism that sucks an interior of the liquid ejecting head, an atmospheric pressure detection unit that has a vent for communication with an atmosphere and that detects atmospheric pressure, and a control unit that controls operation of the suction mechanism on the basis of a value of atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detection unit. The atmospheric pressure detection unit is disposed at a location that is outside the transport path and that is higher than the transport path.