Patent ID: 7503637

Claim:
A liquid-ejection testing method, comprising: making a conductive detection member be opposed, in a non-contact state, to a plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles that are to be tested, the detection member being opposed in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles are arranged, ejecting a charged liquid from each of the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles, detecting an induced current generated at the detection member by the liquid that has been ejected from each of the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles, judging whether or not ejection of the liquid is being properly performed for each of the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles, by comparing a magnitude of the induced current that has been detected and a predetermined reference value, and changing the predetermined reference value between a case in which judgment is performed on a predetermined liquid ejecting nozzle among the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles, and a case in which judgment is performed on another liquid ejecting nozzle that is different from the predetermined liquid ejecting nozzle, among the plurality of liquid ejecting nozzles, a size of the liquid ejected from the predetermined liquid ejecting nozzle for the judgment being same as a size of the liquid ejected from the other liquid ejecting nozzle for the judgment, a distance between the predetermined liquid ejecting nozzle and the detection member being different from a distance between the other liquid ejecting nozzle and the detection member.