Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inkjet printer
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Application No.: US15652324Application Date: 2017-07-18
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Publication No.: US10427409B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Tatsuya Shindo
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kyogo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kyogo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2016-176739 20160909
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J2/165 ; B41J2/195 ; B41J29/38

Abstract:
An inkjet printer includes a head including a nozzle configured to eject pigment ink supplied from a tank during a print operation and during a purge operation and a purge mechanism. A controller configured to determine whether to control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation for discharging the pigment ink from the nozzle and, when determining to control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation, determine a remaining amount of the pigment ink remaining in the tank. The controller is configured to determine a discharge amount to be discharged from the nozzle when performing the purge operation based on the remaining amount of the pigment ink remaining in the tank and control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation based on the discharge amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180072060A1 Inkjet Printer Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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