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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

May. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Shoji Sato, Okazaki, JP;

Satoru Arakane, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 19/20 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 25/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04556 (2013.01); B41J 2/14153 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 19/205 (2013.01); B41J 25/308 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface; a carriage; a carriage mover; a conveyor conveying a medium in a conveyance direction; a velocity sensor; a distance sensor; and a controller. The controller makes a determination regarding the velocity of the carriage based on output of the velocity sensor, and makes a determination regarding the distance between the medium and the nozzle surface based on output of the distance sensor. In a case that that the controller determines that the velocity is less than a predetermined velocity and that the distance is less than a predetermined distance, the controller interrupts recording performed by the liquid discharge head.


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