Patent ID: 9174437
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus that has a liquid ejecting head in which pressure in each pressure generation chamber is changed by each of a plurality of pressure generation units, and thus liquid in the pressure generation chamber is discharged, as liquid droplets, through nozzle openings and that has a controller including a driving signal generation unit which generates a driving signal used for operating the pressure generation units, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first temperature sensor that detects temperature of the liquid; and a second temperature sensor that detects ambient temperature of the liquid ejecting head, wherein the controller generates a driving signal including a discharge voltage which is used for, based on a temperature detected by the first temperature sensor, discharging the liquid droplets through the nozzle openings and a fine-oscillation voltage which is used for finely oscillating meniscuses of the liquid without discharging the liquid droplets and corresponds to the discharge voltage, wherein the controller sets a coefficient in accordance with a temperature difference between the temperature of the liquid detected by the first temperature sensor and the ambient temperature detected by the second temperature sensor and controls an energy level of the fine oscillation by applying the fine-oscillation voltage, based on the coefficient, and wherein the controller causes the discharge voltage to be applied to the pressure generation unit corresponding to nozzle openings through which the liquid droplets are discharged and causes the fine-oscillation voltage to be applied to the pressure generation unit corresponding to nozzle openings through which the liquid droplets are not discharged.