MAINTENANCE METHOD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

A maintenance method and a liquid discharge apparatus. The maintenance method is performed by a liquid discharge apparatus including a first liquid discharge head to discharge ink, a second liquid discharge head to discharge pretreatment liquid, and a liquid receiver into which the ink and the pretr...

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1. Verfasser: MATSUMOTO, Hiroyoshi
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Zusammenfassung:A maintenance method and a liquid discharge apparatus. The maintenance method is performed by a liquid discharge apparatus including a first liquid discharge head to discharge ink, a second liquid discharge head to discharge pretreatment liquid, and a liquid receiver into which the ink and the pretreatment liquid are discharged, and the maintenance method includes flushing the ink and the pretreatment liquid into the liquid receiver, the flushing including discharging the ink into the liquid receiver and then discharging the pretreatment liquid into the liquid receiver. The liquid discharge apparatus includes the first liquid discharge head, the second liquid discharge head, the liquid receiver, and a controller to control the first liquid discharge head and the second liquid discharge head to discharge the pretreatment liquid onto a print medium and then discharge the ink onto the print medium.