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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Haruhisa Shirai, Kasugai, JP;
Yuta Arakawa, Nagoya, JP;
Shoji Sato, Okazaki, JP;
Nobumasa Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Hoga, Ogaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
The controller moves a movable body along a moving direction. A recording head and a detector are mounted on the movable body. The detector detects a detection target fixed to an ink receiving unit. The ink receiving unit receives an ink jetted from the recording head at a time of a flushing. The controller obtains, based on a signal from an encoder, a position of the movable body in a case that the detection target is detected by the detector during movement of the movable body. The controller determines a start timing of the flushing based on the obtained position of the movable body.