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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Akira Endo, Obu, JP;
Masashi Tsuda, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kazuma Goto, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a rubber member in an ink flow passage. The rubber member is pretreated with an organic solvent having a high boiling point, a water-based liquid containing a coloring agent, or a mixture of the two. The pretreatment is effective for preventing additives in the rubber material from being eluted into a water-based liquid for ink-jet recording, which can lead to clogging of ink-jet nozzles and the like.