Patent ID: 8256863
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet printer provided with an ink-jet head which discharges an ink from a plurality of nozzles and an ink supply passage which is connected to the ink-jet head and through which the ink is supplied to the ink-jet head, the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage being filled with an initial ink, which is of a same type as that of the ink to be discharged from the nozzles, upon shipping of the ink-jet printer, the ink-jet printer comprising: a purge mechanism which executes a purge process to forcibly discharge the ink in the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage from the nozzles; an input section which accepts an input with respect to the purge process from a user; an initial ink detecting section which detects whether or not the initial ink remains in the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage; and a controller which controls the purge mechanism and the input section based on a detection result of the initial ink detecting section; wherein when the initial ink detecting section detects that the initial ink remains at least in the ink-jet head, the controller controls the input section to accept an input of a purge process type selected from a plurality of purge process types in which ink discharge amounts are different from each other; and wherein, after the initial ink detecting section detects that the initial ink does not remain in the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage, the controller controls the input section not to accept the input of the purge process type, and to accept an input of a purge process request.