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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Nakano, Nagoya, JP;

Yuta Toda, Nagoya, JP;

Zenichiro Sasaki, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16579 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04573 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus, including: a head; a signal output circuit; a discharge mechanism; a controller; and a memory in which association information is stored. The controller is configured to: diagnose a degree of defectiveness of the head based on a signal from the signal output circuit; and receive, from a user, an input of discharge amount information. In response to the input of the discharge amount information, the controller is configured to: control the discharge mechanism to discharge a liquid by a discharge amount corresponding to the discharge amount information; and change the association in the association information based on the discharge amount corresponding to the discharge amount information and a discharge amount that corresponds to the degree of the defectiveness of the head.


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