US 12,330,415 B2
Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus
Hirofumi Kondo, Mie (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,695.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061641 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311480 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04501 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, comprising:
an ejecting head having an ejecting surface, the ejecting head being configured to eject liquid droplets onto a print target based on image data, the print target including a parallel surface parallel to the ejecting surface and an inclined surface inclined with respect to the ejecting surface;
a distance detector configured to detect a distance between the ejecting surface and the parallel surface and a distance between the ejecting surface and the inclined surface; and
a controller,
wherein if the controller determines that the liquid droplets are to be ejected onto the inclined surface based on a detection result of the distance detector, the controller is configured to:
obtain information about a print mode selected by a user from a plurality of print modes related to ejection control of the liquid droplets to the inclined surface; and
execute an ejection control of the liquid droplets for the inclined surface based on the print mode selected by the user.