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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroyuki Tomimatsu, Suwa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection portion including a plurality of first nozzles configured to eject a first liquid containing an inorganic pigment and a plurality of second nozzles configured to eject a second liquid not containing a substance having a hardness the same as or higher than a hardness of the inorganic pigment contained in the first liquid, and a control portion, wherein the control portion performs the cleaning such that a proportion of the inorganic pigment of the first liquid in a mixed liquid, remaining on the nozzle surface, containing the first liquid and the second liquid is smaller than a proportion of the inorganic pigment in the first liquid, and then performs wiping of the nozzle surface.


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Tomimatsu, Hiroyuki. (2025). Liquid ejection device and method for controlling liquid ejection device (U.S. Patent No. 12397554). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12397554

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