Printing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8840208
APP PUB NO 20130027450A1
SERIAL NO

13430045

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A printing apparatus includes: a printing section which discharges the ink to print an image; a storage section in which an image data of the image to be printed by the printing section is stored; a judgment section which judges as to whether or not a flushing condition to execute a flushing, in which the ink is discharged from the printing section irrespective of the printing of the image, is satisfied; and a controller which controls the printing section to execute the flushing in a case that the judgment section judges that the flushing condition is satisfied and that the image data is not stored in the storage section, and which controls the printing section to print the image instead of the flushing in a case that the judgment section judges that the flushing condition is satisfied and that the image data is stored in the storage section.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirose, Koji Nagoya, JP 90 708

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