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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Atsushi Kubota, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 2/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/07 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an ink-jet printer includes a first black record head, a second black record head, a color record head, a black maintenance unit, a color maintenance unit and a controller. The black maintenance unit configured to maintain the first black record head. The color maintenance unit configured to maintain the second black record head and the color record head. The controller executes the maintenance of the black maintenance unit and the maintenance of the color maintenance unit at different timings.