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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Shigenori Fukasawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Satoru Hosono, Azumino, JP;
Hideki Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiji Tojo, Shiojiri, JP;
Shigenori Fukasawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Satoru Hosono, Azumino, JP;
Hideki Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiji Tojo, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for maintaining a fluid ejecting apparatus including an ejecting head that has an ejecting surface in which a plurality of ejecting ports that eject fluid are formed, and a maintenance portion that performs maintenance processing to recover the ejection of fluid from the ejecting ports and that has a cap member and a wiping member. The method includes performing capping processing to put the cap member on the ejecting surface and to suck, and then wiping processing to wipe the ejecting surface with the wiping member, and performing the capping processing again and then waiting a predetermined time without performing the wiping processing.