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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Rei Nakayama, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that discharges a liquid from a nozzle, a cap configured to form a closed space where the nozzle is open, the cap being configured to move between a closed space forming position at which the cap forms the closed space and a retreated position at which the cap is farther from the liquid ejecting head than at the closed space forming position, and a suction mechanism configured to suck an inside of the cap, the method including: performing suction of the inside of the cap by the suction mechanism during the movement of the cap from the retreated position to the closed space forming position.