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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sawako Tsujimura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, an absorbing member, and a control unit, in which the liquid ejection head and the absorbing member are movable relative to each other in a scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the receiving area includes a plurality of first divided receiving areas and a plurality of second divided receiving areas, and the control unit performs flushing on one or more of the first divided receiving areas when there is no first divided receiving area exceeding a first reception limit when flushing is performed on the one or more corresponding first divided receiving areas by one or more nozzle arrays, and performs flushing on one or more of the second divided receiving areas when there is a first divided receiving area exceeding the first reception limit.