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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yoshihiro Watanabe, Shiojiri, JP;
Tomohiro Sayama, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a driving signal generator which generates a micro vibration pulse, a controller which controls applying of the micro vibration pulse to a pressure generation unit, a cap which includes a sealing space not including an absorber inside, and seals a nozzle in the sealing space by being in close contact with the liquid ejecting head, and a suction unit which sucks liquid from a nozzle, in which micro vibration driving which causes liquid in the pressure chamber corresponding to a nozzle to be subjected to a micro vibration by applying at least one or more micro vibration pulses to the pressure generation unit corresponding to the nozzle in which a cleaning operation including a suction operation using the suction unit is performed is intermittently performed.