INKJET RECORDING DEVICE

Abstract: in an inkjet recording device (), an intermediate flow passage () is connected to a downstream section of a first flow passage (), and is in communication with a recording head () and a second flow passage (). a communicating flow passage () includes a first branch flow passage (a) that supplies ink from the intermediate flow passage () to the recording head (), a second branch flow passage (b) that causes the ink to circulate from the recording head () to the second flow passage (), and a third branch flow passage (c) that causes the ink to flow from the intermediate flow passage () to the second flow passage (). opening/closing valves (), (a), (b), (c) are respectively provided to a third flow passage () and the first branch flow passage (a), the second branch flow passage (b), and the third branch flow passage (c).

Inventor(s): Noriaki FURUKAWA, Shunsuke YAMASAKI, Kaori KITAYAMA, Yuko YANO

CPC Classification: B41J2/17596 (characterised by ink handling {(cleaning by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof ; for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing )})

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