Patent ID: 8012545

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a device, in which a work is set so that part of a functional liquid receiver overlaps a peripheral portion of the work in plan view, the method comprising: a preliminary discharge step which preliminarily discharges liquid droplets of the functional liquid from nozzles to the functional liquid receiver, wherein the preliminary discharge is carried out in a functional liquid receiving area defined by at least an edge of the work; and a liquid droplet discharge step which discharges the liquid droplets of the functional liquid onto a surface of the work from the nozzles while moving heads having the nozzles relative the work at a constant speed, wherein when the relative movement of the heads and the work is performed, the preliminary discharge step is carried out (i) while the heads or the work is accelerating until reaching the constant speed and (ii) while the heads and the work are relatively moving at the constant speed immediately before the liquid droplet discharge step begins.