US 12,128,686 B2
Liquid ejecting apparatus
Ryoji Fujimori, Suwa (JP); and Jun Higuchi, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,862.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-128819 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044713 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16535 (2013.01) [B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
a liquid ejecting portion configured to perform printing by ejecting liquid from a nozzle to a medium;
a sheet-like absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid; and
a supply portion configured to supply a reaction liquid having a component for curing the liquid to the absorbing member, wherein
the absorbing member is provided to be settable with a receiving region that receives the liquid discharged as waste liquid from the nozzle and with a contact region that comes into contact with the liquid ejecting portion when collecting the liquid by coming into contact with the liquid ejecting portion and
the supply portion supplies the reaction liquid to a supply region set in the absorbing member between the contact region and a position farthest from the contact region in the receiving region.