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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Yasuyo Yokota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Shibata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuko Katada, Ebina, JP;
Yasuyo Yokota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahito Katada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Shibata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Inkjet apparatus includes: a tank; a first flow channel; a first liquid chamber; a second flow channel; a second liquid chamber; a first liquid movement; a second liquid movement device; a first pressure determination device; a second pressure determination device; a pressure control device which controls pressures in the first and second liquid chambers by respectively controlling the first and second liquid movement devices, in accordance with determination results of the first and second pressure determination devices, in such a manner that the internal pressures of the first and second liquid chambers respectively remain at the target pressures; a circulation path through which the liquid inside the first liquid chamber is circulated without passing through the inkjet head; and a deaeration device which is provided at an intermediate point of the circulation path and which removes dissolved gas.