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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Mikio Hirano, Okazaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid, and a driver element configured to apply a pressure to the liquid; a tank configured to store the liquid; a circulation channel configured to circulate the liquid between the head and the tank; a pump; and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out: a non-discharge flushing process of performing a non-discharge flushing by driving the driver element such that the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle; a switching process of switching the pump between ON and OFF; and a determining process of determining a frequency of driving the driver element in the non-discharge flushing process according to a circulation flow amount of the liquid changing due to the switching of the pump between ON and OFF in the switching process.