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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Hirotaka Miyabayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Masashi Fujikawa, Hara-mura, JP;
Inventors:
Hirotaka Miyabayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Masashi Fujikawa, Hara-mura, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inkjet printer including: a print head for printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles; a recovery process unit that executes a print head recovery process; a clock unit that counts time; a print operation measuring unit that acquires printing frequency per unit time; and a memory unit that memorizes the printing frequency per unit time; wherein the recovery process unit executes the print head recovery process based on the printing, frequency per unit time in the memory.