RECORDING DEVICE AND WASHING MECHANISM

Organization Name

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Yasunori Onishi of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP)

Shigenori Nakagawa of BANGALORE (IN)

Kazutoshi Fujishima of AZUMINO-SHI (JP)

Katsumasa Tanaka of INA-SHI (JP)

Takahiro Matsuzaki of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP)

Shuhei Nishizawa of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)

Kohei Yamada of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP)

Tsukasa Eguchi of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)

Atsushi Matsuo of AZUMINO-SHI (JP)

Toshiyuki Nozawa of OKAYA-SHI (JP)

RECORDING DEVICE AND WASHING MECHANISM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18762940 titled 'RECORDING DEVICE AND WASHING MECHANISM

Original Abstract Submitted

A recording device includes a transport belt ; a recording section configured to record an image on a medium by ejecting pigment ink onto the medium ; and a washing mechanism configured to wash the transport belt with washing liquid, wherein the washing mechanism includes a storage section configured to store washing liquid, a first detection section configured to detect an ink concentration of black ink contained in washing liquid, a second detection section configured to detect an ink concentration of pigment ink contained in the washing liquid, and a washing control section , the second detection section detects the ink concentration of the pigment ink, and the washing control section determines a threshold based on the ink concentration of the black ink detected, and discharges washing liquid from the storage section based on the threshold.