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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Naoki Mizuno, Takahama, JP;
Takao Hyakudome, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A nozzle arrangement of a head portion of a printer includes nozzle arrays arranged in a first direction. Each of the nozzle arrays has nozzles arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the nozzles is provided to eject liquid. The printer includes a set of liquid passages provided to supply the liquid to the nozzle arrangement. The set of liquid passages has liquid passages interconnected via a communication path. The nozzles in each of the nozzle arrays is connected to a corresponding one of the liquid passages. In selective flushing that is performed a plurality of times, among the nozzles configuring the nozzle arrays, liquid is ejected from the nozzles arranged in a first region adjacent to the communication path.