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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Mitsugu Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsugu Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a liquid-discharging apparatus, the work volume of a cleaning roller of a liquid-discharging head and the work volume of a waste-liquid receiver of a head cap are displayed. A dot array or a dot is formed by discharging a predetermined liquid from a plurality of liquid-discharging nozzles provided on a nozzle surface of the liquid-discharging head. The liquid-discharging apparatus includes a roller-wiping-count storage unit for storing the accumulated work volume of the cleaning roller during a period from the beginning of use to the present time, an idle-discharging-count storage unit for storing the accumulated work volume of the waste-liquid receiver during the period, and an information output unit that receives the work volumes from the storage units, and that outputs both of or the higher one of the work volumes.