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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Zenichiro Sasaki, Nagoya, JP;

Yasuhiro Nakano, Nagoya, JP;

Yuta Toda, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04571 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes: a discharging head having: a liquid channel including a nozzle; and an energy applying part which applies, to liquid inside the liquid channel, discharge energy for discharging a liquid droplet from the nozzle; a signal outputting circuit which outputs signals depending on whether the nozzle satisfies a predetermined discharging performance; and a controller. The controller determines whether the nozzle satisfies the predetermined discharging performance, and estimates viscosity of the liquid inside the discharging head based on: viscosity estimation data in which discharge energy information and viscosity information are associated with each other, and a result of the determination performed in a case that the controller controls the energy applying part based on the discharge energy information and that the discharge energy is thereby applied to the liquid inside the liquid channel.


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