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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Hori, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller of an inkjet printer performs control to: during ink delivery in a first ink tank pair, as a preparation of ink delivery in a second ink tank pair, generate positive pressure and negative pressure respectively in third and fourth ink tanks of the second ink tank pair and supply ink to the second ink tank pair; and upon completion of the ink delivery in the first ink tank pair, perform printing by ejecting the ink from an inkjet head while delivering the ink between the third and fourth ink tanks of the second ink tank pair prepared for the ink delivery via an ink flow passage and the inkjet head.