EP 0765752 A1 19970402 - Ink jet recording apparatus
Title (en)
Ink jet recording apparatus
Title (de)
Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsgerät
Title (fr)
Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 94103799 A 19940311
- JP 7758493 A 19930311
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus which comprises a recording head (7) being communicated with an ink tank via an ink supply member and being responsive to a print signal for spouting ink drops from nozzle openings to recording paper (6), capping means (80) abutting against a front of said recording head (7) for holding the nozzle openings in an airtight state, suction means (13) for supplying negative pressure to said capping means (80) and sucking ink in said capping means (80) into a waste ink tank (30), and storage means for storing an ink spout recovery operation termination form indicating whether or not a sequence of ink spout recovery operation steps containing the suction operation terminates, wherein when power is turned on, data indicating the ink spout recovery operation termination form is read out and if it indicates that the operation sequence does not terminate, the ink spout recovery operation is again executed.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/1728 (2024.05); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- JP H01125239 A 19890517 - HEWLETT PACKARD YOKOGAWA
- JP H02187364 A 19900723 - CANON KK [JP]
- EP 0452119 A2 19911016 - CANON KK [JP]
Citation (search report)
- [PA] EP 0540174 A1 19930505 - CANON KK [JP]
- [A] EP 0495669 A1 19920722 - CANON KK [JP]
- [A] EP 0442470 A2 19910821 - CANON KK [JP]
- [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 400 (M - 1167) 11 October 1991 (1991-10-11)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0765753 A1 19970402; EP 0765753 B1 19990811; EP 0765751 A1 19970402; EP 0765751 B1 20000119; EP 0765752 A1 19970402; EP 0765752 B1 19990818
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96119120 A 19940311; EP 96119104 A 19940311; EP 96119105 A 19940311