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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Koji Ito, Shiojiri, JP;
Koji Ito, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a printing head having nozzle rows formed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the nozzles for ejecting the ink in the Z-axis direction are discretely arranged in the Y-axis direction; a linear absorbing member which is spaced apart from the nozzles at a predetermined distance in the Z-axis direction, is tensed in the Y-axis direction, and has a ink receiving region capable of receiving the ink with the predetermined width in the X-axis direction; and the moving mechanism which moves the absorbing member to the flushing position in which the nozzle row and the ink receiving region to be opposed to each other in the Z-axis direction, and in which the nozzle row and the center line of the absorbing member are differently positioned in the X-axis direction, when preliminary ejecting the ink from the nozzle rows.