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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Hidenori Usuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Koji Harada, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Shimizu, Matsumoto, JP;
Toshio Kumagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Shinji Hirata, Shiojiri, JP;
Hidenori Usuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Koji Harada, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Shimizu, Matsumoto, JP;
Toshio Kumagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Shinji Hirata, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a head which discharges color inks and into which clear ink that prevents the head from being clogged and white ink are selectively filled. A selection portion communicates either of a white or a clear ink container with the head. A controller executes a first switching from a second filled state where the head is filled with clear ink to a first filled state where the head is filled with white ink by shifting from a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head. A second switching is executed from the first filled state to the second filled state by shifting from a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head.
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