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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Shotaro Iida, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a head; a maintenance unit; and a controller. The maintenance unit includes a wiper tank and a flushing tank. A first tank is one of the wiper and flushing tanks and a second tank is remaining one of the wiper and flushing tanks. The controller is configured to perform a first processing of cleaning the first tank, under a condition that an elapsed time is less than a threshold value, the elapsed time being a time elapsed since cleaning of the second tank or since a predetermined processing performed first after the cleaning of the second tank, and is configured to perform a second processing of cleaning the second tank by adding the cleaning liquid to the first tank, under a condition that the elapsed time is not less than the threshold value.
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