Method for maintaining ink jet head

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10099479
APP PUB NO 20170291421A1
SERIAL NO

15464667

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A method for maintaining an ink jet head according to the invention includes at least one of a maintenance step of attaching a maintenance liquid to a nozzle surface of an ink jet head, which ejects a reaction solution including an aggregating agent for aggregating or thickening components of an ink composition, to clean the nozzle surface, and a maintenance step of covering and moisturizing the nozzle surface with a head moisturizing cap supplied with the maintenance liquid, in which the maintenance liquid includes a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 280° C. or less and water.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Okuda, Ippei Shiojiri, JP 70 231

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