LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, LIQUID DISCHARGE SYSTEM, AND CLEANING METHOD FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

Abstract: a liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles, a housing, and a support. the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles discharges liquid. the housing includes the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles and an opening array face in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged. a plurality of nozzle openings of the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles are arranged in the plurality of nozzle rows. the support supports the housing, to fix the housing in a cleaning posture that is a fixed posture of the housing when the opening array face is cleaned. the opening array face has the plurality of nozzle openings at positions where the plurality of nozzle openings do not overlap each other in a gravity direction of the housing when the housing is fixed in the cleaning posture.

Inventor(s): Tomoya TANAKA, Bingxian CHEN, Kento AOKI, Shigeru YOSHIDA

CPC Classification: B41J2/16552 ({using cleaning fluids})

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