Patent ID: 8998357
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head including: a tank storing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head; a supply channel communicating the tank and the inlet opening with each other; a return channel communicating the tank and the outlet opening with each other; a supply device configured to supply the liquid in the tank to the inside channel via the supply channel; an adjusting device configured to adjust a channel resistance value of the return channel between a predetermined minimum value and a predetermined maximum value; and a controller configured to control the supply device and the adjusting device, wherein the controller is configured to start a liquid circulation control for circulating the liquid through the supply channel, the inside channel, and the return channel in order by controlling (i) the adjusting device such that the channel resistance value is less than the predetermined maximum value and (ii) the supply device to supply the liquid into the inside channel, wherein, when the liquid is circulated by the liquid circulation control, the controller starts a liquid discharge control for discharging the liquid from the plurality of the ejection openings by increasing the channel resistance value to a value larger than the channel resistance value in the liquid circulation control, wherein, when the liquid is discharged by the liquid discharge control, the controller starts a liquid-discharge stopping control for stopping the discharge of the liquid from the plurality of the ejection openings, by decreasing the channel resistance value to a value less than the channel resistance value in the liquid discharge control, wherein the controller is configured to control the supply device such that a unit-time supply amount that is an amount of the liquid supplied to the inside channel per unit time at a time when the discharge of the liquid from the plurality of the ejection openings is stopped by the liquid-discharge stopping control is less than a unit-time supply amount in the liquid circulation control, and wherein the controller is configured to start to control the supply device to decrease the unit-time supply amount at the same time when the controller starts to control the adjusting device to decrease the channel resistance value in the liquid-discharge stopping control.