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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Hiroyoshi Takano, Nagano, JP;
Yukihiro Uchiyama, Nagano, JP;
Hiroyoshi Takano, Nagano, JP;
Yukihiro Uchiyama, Nagano, JP;
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A control method is provided for an ink jet recording apparatusincluding a recording headfor ejecting ink to a medium, a heating meansfor heating the recording head, an ink storage partwhich reserves ink supplied to the recording head, and a negative pressure adjusting partwhich adjusts a pressure in an inside of the ink storage partto be a negative pressure. In the control method, when the ink jet recording apparatusis to be turned off, heating of the recording headby the heating partis turned off but the negative pressure adjusting partis left to be in an 'ON' state so that the negative pressure in the inside of the ink storage partis maintained and, after that, the negative pressure adjusting partis turned off.