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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Ryoichi Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Noriaki Yamashita, Nagano, JP;
Teruaki Kaieda, Nagano, JP;
Ryosuke Tsuchihashi, Nagano, JP;
Hirokazu Nunokawa, Nagano, JP;
Ryoichi Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Noriaki Yamashita, Nagano, JP;
Teruaki Kaieda, Nagano, JP;
Ryosuke Tsuchihashi, Nagano, JP;
Hirokazu Nunokawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To reduce the number of nozzles in an unstable state after a nozzle inspection, a fluid discharge device includes a discharge head capable of discharging a fluid from nozzle, a nozzle inspection process for inspecting a state of discharging of the fluid from the nozzle, and a controller for subjecting the nozzle to a pre-process for discharging the fluid under a discharge condition that a nozzle in an unstable state be put into a dot omission state, subsequently discharging the fluid for the sake of inspection, and executing an inspection process by the nozzle inspection part.