Claims
- 1. An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:an ink jet recording head provided with a nozzle formation face on which nozzle orifices for ejecting ink drops in accordance with print data are formed; a capping member, which seals the nozzle formation face, the capping member having an inner space formed with a bottom; an ink absorbing member, provided on the bottom of the inner space in the capping member, and a flushing controller, which selectively performs either a first flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the nozzle formation face is sealed by the capping member or a second flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the capping member is separated from the nozzle formation face, wherein the first flushing mode is performed when a printing operation is not performed; and wherein the second flushing mode is performed when the printing operation is interrupted.
- 2. An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:an ink jet recording head, provided with a nozzle formation face on which nozzle orifices for ejecting ink drops in accordance with print data are formed; a capping member, which seals the nozzle formation face, the capping member having an inner space formed with a bottom; an ink absorbing member, provided on the bottom of the inner space in the capping member; and a flushing controller, which selectively performs either a first flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the nozzle formation face is sealed by the capping member or a second flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the capping member is separated from the nozzle formation face, wherein a distance between the nozzle formation face and the ink absorbing member is variable when the second flushing mode is performed.
- 3. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the distance between the nozzle formation face and the ink absorbing member is varied in accordance with a kind of ink ejected.
- 4. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein ink drops of different kinds of inks are ejected so as to land on a substantially identical position on the ink absorbing member, when the second flushing mode is performed.
- 5. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein ink drops of a first kind of ink which is easy to solidify are first ejected, and then ink drops of a second kind of ink which is hard to solidify are ejected.
- 6. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the number of ink drops ejected is varied in accordance with a kind of ink ejected, when the first flushing mode and the second flushing mode are performed.
- 7. The ink jet recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ink absorbing member is a single sheet member.
- 8. A recording apparatus, comprising:a recording head on which nozzle orifices are formed; a controller, wherein the controller operates in a first mode in which liquid is ejected from the nozzle orifices when the nozzle orifices are sealed, wherein the controller operates in a second mode in which liquid is ejected from the nozzle orifices when the nozzle orifices are not sealed, wherein the first mode is performed when a recording operation is not performed; and wherein the second mode is performed when the recording operation is interrupted.
- 9. A recording apparatus, comprising:a recording head on which nozzle orifices are formed; an ink absorbing member; and a controller, wherein the controller operates in a first mode in which liquid is ejected from the nozzle orifices when the nozzle orifices are sealed, wherein the controller operates in a second mode in which liquid is ejected from the nozzle orifices when the nozzle orifices are not sealed, wherein a distance between the nozzle orifices and the ink absorbing member is variable when the controller operates in the second mode.
- 10. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the distance between the nozzle orifices and the ink absorbing member is varied in accordance with a kind of liquid ejected.
- 11. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein different kinds of liquid are ejected so as to land on a substantially identical position on the ink absorbing member when the second mode is performed.
- 12. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein a first kind of liquid is ejected and a second kind of liquid, which is harder to solidify than the first kind of liquid, is ejected after the second kind of liquid.
- 13. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the number of drops of liquid ejected varies in accordance with a kind of liquid ejected during the first mode and during the second mode.
- 14. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the ink absorbing member is a single sheet member.
- 15. The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the second mode is performed when a recording operation is interrupted.
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/877,255 filed Jun. 11, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,616,264; the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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