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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ryohei Kobayashi, Hino, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid droplet ejection apparatus including a headin which a plurality of ink chambersare aligned in one or both of an X direction and a Y direction, liquid droplets are ejected from nozzles, and printing is carried out in a print region of a recording medium based on print data, wherein the ink contains a dispersion medium and solid particles having higher specific gravity than that of the dispersion medium, and the liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes a flushing device that performs a flushing operation when the headis present in a non-print region in such a manner that an amount of liquid droplets ejected from the nozzleplaced at an end portion in an alignment direction becomes larger than an amount of liquid droplets ejected from the nozzleplaced in a central portion in the alignment direction.