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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Seino, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobutada Mizusawa, Sapporo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for a liquid ejecting system provided with a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion for ejecting a liquid and an inputting apparatus including a data inputting portion through which data can be inputted includes a specific data detecting process that detects whether or not input data inputted to the data inputting portion is specific data which is other than liquid ejection data for causing a liquid corresponding to an image to be formed on an ejection target medium to be ejected from the liquid ejecting portion and which is determined in advance as data for prompting an ejection inspection; and a nozzle inspecting process that, in the case where the specific data is detected in the specific data detecting process, causes a nozzle inspecting portion to perform the ejection inspection.