Patent ID: 6109724
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recovery method for recovering an ink jet apparatus havingan ink jet head with a discharge opening for discharging ink,a cap for capping the discharge opening, andtime counting means for counting a first lapse time being a time elapsed initiated from a time at which the cap caps the discharge opening and while the cap caps the discharge opening and a second lapse time being a time elapsed from a termination of a latest discharge from the discharge opening,the method comprising the steps of:judging whether or not the discharge opening is capped by the cap;performing a recovery operation selected from a plurality of recovery operations for the ink jet apparatus in accordance with the first lapse time in a case that a result of said judging step is that the discharge opening is capped; andperforming a recovery operation selected from a plurality of recovery operations for the ink jet apparatus in accordance with the second lapse time in a case that the result of said judging step is that the discharge opening is not capped.