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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Shindo, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Shindo, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles; a common chamber; a liquid chamber; a liquid supply port; and a communication channel; and a discharge control mechanism which controls the liquid discharge head to perform a discharge operation of discharging the liquid from the nozzles to the medium. The discharge control mechanism controls the liquid discharge head to perform a flushing operation, as the discharge operation, so that the liquid is discharged from a first nozzle group in a discharge mode, which is different from a discharge mode of a second nozzle group, to generate a flow of the liquid in the communication channel.