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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Tsubota, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus carries out preliminary discharging in which the liquid is discharged from nozzle rows toward a cap. In preliminary discharging, the liquid ejecting apparatus intermittently carries out concurrent discharging and concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in such a way that when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the first nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the second nozzle row is performed, and when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the second nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row is performed.