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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Numajiri, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting device includes an ejecting unit that includes a nozzle surface at which at least one nozzle is open and that ejects a liquid onto a medium from the at least one nozzle, a carriage that is mounted with the ejecting unit and that reciprocates in a scanning direction, a drying unit that is mounted at the carriage and that dries the liquid ejected onto the medium by the ejecting unit, and a receiving unit that receives the liquid discharged from the at least one nozzle as a result of a maintenance operation for the ejecting unit. The receiving unit includes an absorbing member that absorbs the liquid. The drying unit dries the absorbing member when the ejecting unit is positioned, during printing, at a stop position at which the ejecting unit stops.
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