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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ito, Shimosuwa, JP;
Makoto Nagase, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenichiro Kubota, Matsumoto, JP;
Naoki Koike, Matsumoto, JP;
Keiji Iida, Chikuhoku, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method for maintaining an ink jet recording apparatus according to the invention in an ink jet recording apparatus which performs recording using a solvent-based ink composition which includes at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of an ester-based solvent, a hydrocarbon-based solvent, and an alcohol-based solvent, the method including wiping a nozzle forming member, in which nozzles of a head which discharges the solvent-based ink composition are formed, using an impregnation solution and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, in which the impregnation solution contains at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) below, esters, and dibasic acid esters,R—O—(R—O)—R  (1)(in General Formula (1) described above, Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Rrepresents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Rrepresents an aryl group or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 9).