Patent ID: 8596768

Claim:
A liquid discharging apparatus having a discharging head with a plurality of nozzles for discharging a liquid, the apparatus comprising: a storing unit for storing a liquid; a circulating path configured to include the discharging head, the circulation path having one opening end portion and another opening end portion, each of which is disposed in the storing unit; a pump unit installed at the one opening end portion side rather than the discharging head side in the circulating path and configured to pump a liquid so that the liquid circulates along the circulating path; and a control unit for executing a first circulation control which controls the pump unit to circulate the liquid from the one opening end portion side to the another opening end portion side via the discharging head by the drive of the pump unit when the discharging head is filled with the liquid, and for executing a third circulation control a plurality number of times after the first circulation control is executed, and for executing a second circulation control which controls the pump unit to circulate the liquid from the another opening end portion side to the one opening end portion side via the discharging head by the drive of the pump unit after the plurality number of times of third circulation control is executed, wherein the third circulation control includes a short-time first control for controlling the pump unit to pump the liquid from the another opening end portion side to the one opening end portion side by the drive of the pump unit during a shorter time than an execution time of the second circulation control, and a short-time second control for controlling the pump unit to pump the liquid from the one opening end portion side to the another opening end portion side by the drive of the pump unit during a shorter time than the execution time of the second circulation control after the short-time first control is executed.