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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shinichi Tsubota, Azumino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/04596 (2013.01);
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.


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