Inkjet recording apparatus and method for maintenance of...

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2008-07-08

2008-07-08

Shah, Manish S (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S023000, C347S102000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07396103

ABSTRACT:
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage having a recording head for jetting UV-curable ink onto a recording medium and a UV light emitter for projecting UV light onto ink having landed on the recording medium to cure the ink, and a maintenance unit for performing maintenance of the recording head. The apparatus further includes an input section for inputting a type of recording medium, a storage section for storing plural types of recording media and corresponding plural maintenance intervals, and a controller for controlling the maintenance unit such that the controller selects a maintenance interval, corresponding to the type of recording medium having been input through the input section, and performs maintenance, according to the selected maintenance interval. A method for maintenance of a recording head selects a maintenance interval, corresponding to the type of recording medium having been input, and performs maintenance, according to the selected maintenance interval.

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patent: 2003/0222961 (2003-12-01), Nakajima
patent: 2004/0223029 (2004-11-01), Nishino
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