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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno, JP;
Hitotoshi Kimura, Matsumoto, JP;
Junpei Yamashita, Azumino, JP;
Kazuyoshi Mizuno, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a medium in a transport direction in a state in which the medium is supported on a medium supporting surface, a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from a plurality of nozzles formed on a nozzle surface with respect to the medium supported on the medium supporting surface of the transport belt, and a controller that performs a flushing operation of ejecting the liquid from the nozzles as a maintenance operation for the liquid ejecting head, on a flushing area on the medium supporting surface adjacent to the medium with an interval therebetween.