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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Shimazaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharging apparatus, which discharges liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharging head on the basis of data, includes a controller and a member. When the controller is in a standby state where the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle on the basis of the data or after the controller has received a power OFF instruction, the controller performs a drawing operation in which the liquid is drawn to a side opposite to a discharge direction in which the liquid is discharged so as to at least form a space at a distal end portion of the nozzle. After the controller has performed the drawing operation, the member covers an opening of the nozzle.