Patent ID: 11945223
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A liquid jetting apparatus comprising:
an ink jet head in which a liquid-repellent film is formed on a nozzle surface;
a head controller configured to control the ink jet head; and
a wiping processing unit that performs a wiping process with respect to the nozzle surface,
wherein the head controller configured to control the ink jet head while cleaning the nozzle surface at least by:
applying a negative pressure to liquid in a nozzle,
performing a non-jetting driving operation of causing the liquid in the nozzle to vibrate without being jetted, and
while maintaining the negative pressure, stopping the non-jetting driving operation for a wiping target nozzle with which a wiping member to be used in the wiping process comes into contact in a case where the wiping process with respect to the nozzle surface is to be performed by the wiping processing unit.