Patent ID: 8177314
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a head which discharges a plurality of color inks onto a medium and into which white ink and clear ink which is for preventing the head from being clogged are selectively filled; a white ink container which contains the white ink; a clear ink container which contains the clear ink; a selection portion which communicates either of the white ink container or the clear ink container with the head; and a controller which executes a first switching from a second filled state where the head is filled with the clear ink to a first filled state where the head is filled with the white ink by operating the selection portion so as to shift from a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head, and then, consuming ink for a first predetermined amount from the head, and which executes a second switching from the first filled state to the second filled state by operating the selection portion so as to shift from a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head, and then, consuming ink for a second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount from the head.