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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoya Kanamura, Shiojiri, JP;
Katsuaki Sato, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 2/16579 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server connected via a network to a printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzles includes an acquisition unit that acquires nozzle information indicating a state of the plurality of nozzles, a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle to be cleaned based on the nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.