US 11,999,164 B2
Recording device
Shinya Yamazaki, Asahi-Mura (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,645.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-130546 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158796 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04556 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device, comprising:
a recording head configured to discharge liquid onto a recording medium to perform recording;
a carriage mounted with the recording head, and configured to perform scanning;
a liquid receiving portion disposed so as to face the recording head so that the recording head discards the liquid into the liquid receiving portion;
a measurement unit configured to measure a position of a top portion in a vertical direction of a deposit formed by the liquid deposited in the liquid receiving portion; and
a control unit configured to determine, based on a result of the measurement by the measurement unit, whether the deposit in the liquid receiving portion needs to be removed.