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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Tone, Misato, JP;
Tohru Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshimasa Araki, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yutaka Mita, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yuichi Takahashi, Koshigaya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus, including: a head having a discharging port surface on which discharging ports are formed, and configured to perform a discharging operation for discharging liquid through the discharging ports; a suction port configured to perform a suction operation for the discharging port surface; a pressure changing unit configured to change a pressure in the head; and a control unit configured to perform the suction operation under a state in which the pressure changing unit has changed the pressure in the head in a positive pressure direction with respect to a pressure that is set during the discharging operation and the suction port is spaced away from the discharging port surface.