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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Fukasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Takahashi, Tama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To normally perform a preliminary ejection after a cleaning process. Provided is a recording apparatus including: a recording head that includes an ejection component that ejects a liquid; a circulation unit configured to perform a circulation operation of circulating the liquid in a circulation route including the recording head; a cleaning mechanism that performs a cleaning process with respect to the recording head; and a preliminary ejection unit configured to perform a preliminary ejection operation of preliminarily ejecting the liquid from the ejection component. The cleaning mechanism performs the cleaning process in a state in which circulation of the liquid is stopped, and at least one of the circulation operation by the circulation unit and the preliminary ejection operation by the preliminary ejection unit is performed after the cleaning process.