Patent ID: 9566792
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A flushing control method for an inkjet printer, the flushing control method comprising: moving adjacently disposed first and second inkjet heads bidirectionally from a home area to a printing area, the home area being removed from the printing area, and printing on a recording medium in response to a print data command by passing the first and second inkjet heads through the printing area and ejecting ink from at least one of the first and second inkjet heads onto the recording medium, and, after printing in response to the print data command has ended, moving the first and second inkjet heads to a flushing position in which the first inkjet head is on a printing area side of a flushing head cap containing an ink sponge and the second inkjet head is opposite the flushing head cap, the flushing head cap being disposed within the home area, and then moving the first and second inkjet heads to the home area, wherein the first inkjet head is flushed at the home area before the first and second inkjet heads move from the home area to the printing area when printing starts in response to the print data command; and wherein the second inkjet head is flushed at the flushing position when the first and second inkjet heads move from the printing area, back towards the home area, after the printing ends.