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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid to a medium, a heater configured to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, and circuitry configured to cause the heater to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to the medium as a discharge operation, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to a portion other than the medium as a dummy discharge operation after the discharge operation, and cause the heater to stop heating the liquid in the liquid discharge head after the dummy discharge operation.