US 12,472,743 B2
Liquid discharge apparatus and control method of liquid discharge apparatus
Yuta Komatsu, Shiojiri (JP); and Takeo Seino, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,545.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-127732 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051300 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16511 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a liquid discharge portion that discharges a liquid from a nozzle;
a cap configured to form a closed space to which the nozzle opens by contacting the liquid discharge portion;
a moisturizing liquid accommodating portion configured to accommodate a moisturizing liquid that moisturizes the cap;
an accommodating body mounting portion to which an accommodating body that accommodates an adjusting liquid is detachably mounted, the adjusting liquid being for adjusting a liquid amount of the moisturizing liquid accommodated in the moisturizing liquid accommodating portion;
a replacement detecting portion configured to detect replacement of the accommodating body mounted on the accommodating body mounting portion; and
a control portion that controls maintenance related to the moisturizing liquid, wherein
when the replacement detecting portion detects the replacement of the accommodating body, the control portion restricts the maintenance related to the moisturizing liquid until a predetermined time elapses after the replacement of the accommodating body is detected.