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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takashi Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a first head having a plurality of nozzles from which a first liquid including pigments is ejected; a second head having a plurality of nozzles from which a second liquid including no pigments is ejected; a cap device selectively positioned at a capping position and at an uncapping position; a purging executing portion configured to perform a first purging and a second purging, and to perform the first purging greater in number of times than the second purging in a certain purging period and to perform the first purging as the last purging operation in the certain purging period; and a cap controller configured to control a position of the cap device.