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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Tomohiro Nodsu, Seto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/16579 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a discharge head including nozzles and actuators; a liquid detecting sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to: cause the actuators to perform a discharge operation; calculate a discharge amount of the liquid discharged from each of the nozzles; determine the discharge amount of the liquid; and cause a first actuator corresponding to a first nozzle, whose discharge amount is less than a first predetermined amount, and a second actuator corresponding to a second nozzle, whose discharge amount is not less than the first predetermined amount and less than a second predetermined amount, to perform a flushing, without causing a third actuator corresponding to a third nozzle, whose discharge amount is not less than the second predetermined amount, to perform the flushing.


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