Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8864258
APP PUB NO 20120194585A1
SERIAL NO

13361030

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A recording head that includes a pressure chamber filled with ink and a piezoelectric element changing pressure inside the pressure chamber, and that ejects ink from the nozzle according to the change in the pressure inside the pressure chamber. A control unit controls the piezoelectric element and performs ejection driving for ejecting the ink from the nozzle or micro-vibration driving for micro-vibrating a liquid surface inside the nozzle to an extent at which the ink is not ejected from the nozzle; and performs a flushing operation of an ejection amount according to a number of times of micro-vibration driving in a driving period, in a preparation period after the driving period has passed.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fukuda, Masako Shiojiri, JP 24 59

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