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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Eiichiro Watanabe, Matsumoto, JP;

Hiroaki Okui, Azumino, JP;

Yu Hasegawa, Shiojiri, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/04596 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a circulation control section that controls a circulation operation of circulating the liquid in the first individual flow path, and a minute vibration control section that supplies a drive signal having a first waveform to the first piezoelectric element so as to control a minute vibration operation of causing the liquid in the first nozzle to vibrate to such a degree that the liquid is not ejected from the first nozzle. The circulation control section starts the circulation operation at a first time, and the minute vibration control section starts the minute vibration operation at a second time earlier than the first time.


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