Ink-jet printer

An ink-jet printer comprising:

• a conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction;
• a recording head including a plurality of nozzles;
• a carriage having the recording head mounted thereon and configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction crossing the conveyance direction;
• an ink receiver;
• and
• a controller configured to control the conveyer, the recording head and the carriage so as to execute:
• receiving a recording instruction for recording an image on a sheet;
• in response to receipt of the recording instruction, determining an elapsed time elapsed since the ink has been jetted immediately therebefore;
• moving the carriage in the first orientation of the scanning direction up to a returning position corresponding to the determined elapsed time;
• moving the carriage in a second orientation of the scanning direction, which is opposite to the first orientation, from the returning position up to the sheet facing area;
• executing a flushing processing for causing the ink to be jetted from the plurality of nozzles toward the ink receiver in a process in which the carriage is being moved in the second orientation of the scanning direction from the returning position up to the sheet facing area;
• and
• executing recording of the image by causing the ink to be jetted from the plurality of nozzles toward the sheet, conveyed by the conveyer, after the carriage has reached the sheet facing area,
• wherein the returning position is located at a first position downstream from the sheet facing area in the first orientation of the scanning direction, under a condition that the determined elapsed time is less than a threshold value, and
• the returning position is located at a second position downstream from the first position in the first orientation of the scanning direction, under a condition that the determined elapsed time is not less than the threshold value.