INK PASSAGE WASHING METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTER, WASHING LIQUID CARTRIDGE, INK PASSAGE WASHING APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTER, AND INKJET PRINTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of simply washing (cleaning) an ink passage, even when ink clogging or the like occurs in an inkjet printer.;SOLUTION: In the inkjet printer printing by jetting ink from a printing head, a washing liquid is supplied instead of the ink into the ink passage 14 leading to the printing head using a washing liquid cartridge 30 or the like and the washing liquid is made to flow into the ink passage 14 with an ink jetting mechanism originally possessed by the printer. This internally washes the ink passage to clear the ink clogging or the like.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT