INK JET PRINTER

• Main Authors: FUJITA HIROMI, IGARASHI MASAKAZU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.11.2019
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide an ink jet printer which can appropriately manage supply of a wiper cleaning liquid.SOLUTION: An ink jet printer comprises a wiper 71, a wiper moving mechanism 72, a cleaning liquid tank 81, a lid member 90, a cleaning liquid supply mechanism 82, and a controller. The lid member 90 is mounted in an opening 81a of the cleaning liquid tank 81, and is so configured as to be capable of opening/closing. The lid member 90 is so configured as to be opened when the wiper 71 passes through the opening 81a. The controller counts the number of wiping operations, and calculates an integrated loss amount of a wiper cleaning liquid CL on the basis of the number of wiping operations and a loss amount of the wiper cleaning liquid CL during one wiping operation. The controller causes the cleaning liquid supply mechanism 82 to supply the wiper cleaning liquid CL when the integrated loss amount of the wiper cleaning liquid CL reaches a first threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】ワイパー洗浄液の供給を好適に管理できるインクジェットプリンタを提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係るインクジェットプリンタは、ワイパー７１と、ワイパー移動機構７２と、洗浄液槽８１と、蓋部材９０と、洗浄液供給機構８２と、制御装置とを備える。蓋部材９０は、洗浄液槽８１の開口部８１ａに装着され、開閉可能に構成されている。蓋部材９０は、ワイパー７１が開口部８１ａを通るときには開くように構成されている。制御装置は、ワイピング動作の回数をカウントし、ワイピング動作の回数と１回のワイピング動作で失われるワイパー洗浄液ＣＬの量とに基づいて、ワイパー洗浄液ＣＬの積算損失量を演算する。制御装置は、ワイパー洗浄液ＣＬの積算損失量が第１閾値に達すると、洗浄液供給機構８２にワイパー洗浄液ＣＬを供給させる。【選択図】図４