Ink jet printer and printing system using the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6494560
SERIAL NO

09239319

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When ink is sucked from the nozzles during a cleaning process, a rubber cap having a plural number of small spaces independently operable for ink suction is applied to a print head, and only the small space associated with a clogged nozzle of those nozzles of the print head is connected to a suction pump. A user looks up in advance the number and location of a clogged nozzle, judges the cause of the clogging of the nozzle on the basis of the number and location of the clogged nozzle, and selects a suitable type of cleaning process, a selective cleaning (based on the specified-nozzle suction) or a conventional cleaning (based on the all-nozzle suction).

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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Seshimo, Tatsuya Nagano, JP 31 352
Uwai, Hikonosuke Nagano, JP 17 357

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