Patent ID: 7677690
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejection head which has an ejection face formed with an ejection port ejecting liquid, a pressure chamber being in connection with the ejection port, and an energy application element applying energy to the liquid in the pressure chamber to be ejected from the ejection port, the energy application element being arranged on a wall of the pressure chamber; a liquid receiving device which has a liquid reception face being opposite to the ejection port and receiving the liquid ejected from the ejection port, the liquid received by the liquid reception face forming a liquid pool being in contact with the liquid reception face and the ejection face; and a driving device which applies a drive signal to the energy application element in a state where the liquid pool has been formed and where the liquid contiguous from the pressure chamber though the ejection port to the liquid pool, so as to agitate the liquid at least in a vicinity of the ejection port by moving the liquid to-and-from between the pressure chamber and the liquid pool through the ejection port.