Patent ID: 8128197
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid droplet ejection apparatus for drawing on a workpiece by ejecting functional liquid droplets comprising: a set table on which the workpiece is set; a head unit which includes a functional liquid droplet ejection head and is movable relative to the set table, the head unit drawing on the workpiece by moving relative to the set table, the set table moving in a main scanning direction, the head unit moving in a sub-scanning direction crossing the main scanning direction; an ejection-defect test unit disposed in the main scanning direction; and a pre-drawing flushing unit disposed on an end of the set table in the main scanning direction of the set table so as to move integrally with the set table, the head unit being movable relative to both the set table and the pre-drawing flushing unit in the sub scanning direction crossing the main scanning direction.