Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorOsamu Murayama
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a plurality of recording heads that performs recording by discharging ink onto a recording medium, a carriage on which the plurality of the recording heads are mounted, a reference portion provided at a position faceable by the plurality of recording heads, a distance sensor that is provided in either the plurality of recording heads or the reference portion to measure a distance between the plurality of recording heads and the reference portion, and a controller that controls execution of a predetermined process based on a measurement result of the distance sensor to adjust an ink adhering position discharged by each of the recording heads.
Claims12
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of recording heads that perform recording by discharging liquid onto a recording medium;
- a carriage on which the plurality of recording heads are mounted;
- a reference portion provided at a position faceable by the plurality of recording heads;
- a measuring unit that is provided in either the plurality of recording heads or the reference portion to measure distances between the plurality of recording heads and the reference portion;
- and
- a controller that controls execution of a predetermined process based on a measurement result of the measuring unit to adjust adhering position of liquid discharged by each of the recording heads,
- wherein:
- the carriage is scanned in a direction intersecting a transport direction in which the recording medium is transported,
- the reference portion is provided at a position that is inside a scanning range in which the carriage is scanned and that faces each of the recording heads when the carriage is scanned, and
- the reference portion is provided outside a transport path along which the recording medium is transported, and sequentially faces each of the recording heads as the carriage is scanned.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of recording heads that perform recording by discharging liquid onto a recording medium;
- a carriage on which the plurality of recording heads are mounted;
- a reference portion provided at a position faceable by the plurality of recording heads;
- a measuring unit that is provided in either the plurality of recording heads or the reference portion to measure distances between the plurality of recording heads and the reference portion;
- and
- a controller that controls execution of a predetermined process based on a measurement result of the measuring unit to adjust adhering position of liquid discharged by each of the recording heads,
- wherein:
- a plurality of the measuring units is provided in the reference portion so as to correspond to the plurality of the recording heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.