Patent ID: 8459774
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid jetting apparatus which jets a first liquid stored in a first liquid cartridge and a second liquid stored in a second liquid cartridge, comprising: a first cartridge attaching section configured to attach the first liquid cartridge; a second cartridge attaching section configured to attach the second liquid cartridge; a liquid jetting head in which a plurality of nozzles are formed, the nozzles including a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles which communicate with the first and second liquid cartridges respectively under a condition that the first and second liquid cartridges are attached to the first and second cartridge attaching sections, the liquid jetting head having a plurality of driving sections provided corresponding to the nozzles to cause each of the nozzles to jet one of the first and second liquids; and a flushing control unit which controls the driving sections to perform a first flushing operation in which an amount of the first liquid forcibly jetted from the first nozzles is made smaller than an amount of the second liquid forcibly jetted from the second nozzles under a condition that a height of the first cartridge attached to the first cartridge attaching section is greater than a height of the second cartridge attached to the second cartridge attaching section.