Patent ID: 9096065
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising: an ink reservoir portion for storing ink; a print head having nozzle arrays including a plurality of nozzles arranged thereon, the plurality of nozzles ejecting ink supplied from the ink reservoir portion; a first ink passage connecting one end side of the nozzle arrays and the ink reservoir portion; a second ink passage connecting the other end side of the nozzle arrays and the ink reservoir portion; and a control device adapted to execute a first operation and a second operation, wherein, the first operation is supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the first ink passage while the second ink passage is blocked, and discharging ink from the print head, and the second operation is supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the second ink passage while the first ink passage is blocked, and discharging ink from the print head.