Title:
Ink-jet recording device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5991113
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a recording head; a discharge mechanism configured to perform a discharge operation; an absorbing member configured to absorb discharged ink; and a controller configured to: make a judgment as to whether or not to allow the discharge mechanism to perform the discharge operation every time a discharge timing comes; calculate a waste-liquid amount in a specific time period from a current discharge timing to a time point that precedes by a prescribed time from the current discharge timing, the waste-liquid amount indicative of an amount of the ink discharged in the discharge operation; allow the discharge operation when the calculated waste-liquid amount is smaller than an upper-limit value of an ink-absorption amount, in the specific time period, of the absorbing member; and inhibit the discharge operation at the current discharge timing when the calculated waste-liquid amount becomes equal to or larger than the upper-limit value.
Inventors:
Tomoya Oguchi
Application Number:
JP2012210268A
Publication Date:
September 14, 2016
Filing Date:
September 25, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Brother Industries, Ltd.
International Classes:
B41J2/17; B41J2/01
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008126449A | ||||
| JP2012045856A | ||||
| JP2011083896A | ||||
| JP2009160781A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuo Nishiki
Tomohiro Matsuda
Tomohiro Matsuda
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