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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Shimazaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno, JP;
Yoichi Kurogochi, Shiojiri, JP;
Hitotoshi Kimura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a medium support portion that has a medium support surface for supporting a medium, a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid onto the medium supported on the medium support surface through a plurality of nozzles arranged in a nozzle surface, a first cleaning member that wipes the nozzle surface by moving relative to the liquid ejecting unit in a direction along the nozzle surface in a first maintenance operation of discharging the liquid through the nozzles for maintenance of the liquid ejecting unit, and a second cleaning member that removes foreign matters which have adhered to the nozzle surface by moving relative to the liquid ejecting unit in the direction along the nozzle surface in a second maintenance operation of removing the foreign matters.