Patent ID: 7950770
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a droplet-ejecting recording apparatus comprising a droplet ejecting head, the droplet ejecting head comprising (i) a plurality of droplet ejecting nozzles and a plurality of liquid chambers in communication with the nozzles, and (ii) a plurality of actuators configured to be driven to generate energy for ejecting droplets through the plurality of droplet ejecting nozzles, said method comprising: (a) cleaning at least one member of the droplet-ejecting head through which a liquid containing the droplets passes using a cleaning liquid containing microbubbles, each of the microbubbles having a size smaller than a diameter of at least one of the plurality of droplet ejecting nozzles; and (b) bonding a surface of said at least one member of the droplet-ejecting head cleaned in (a) with another member of the droplet-ejecting head, to form a flow path in the droplet ejecting head for the liquid containing the droplets.