Inkjet Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiji Ogasawara
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an inkjet image forming apparatus recordable of non-margin images on a recording medium by discharging ink to regions within as well as out of the recording medium from a recording means, comprising an ink absorbing material for receiving ink dischargeed at a position protruded from the recording medium and a platen having a holding portion to hold the ink absorbing material and supporting the recording medium at a recording position. The holding section formed at the platen has an opening for receiving the ink and is formed with a wall for holding a periphery of the ink absorbing material and a rib supporting a bottom of the ink absorbing material.
Claims12
An inkjet image forming apparatus recordable of non-margin images on a recording medium by discharging ink to regions within as well as out of the recording medium from a recording means, comprising:
- an ink absorbing material for receiving ink discharged at a position protruded from the recording medium;
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- a platen having a holding portion to hold the ink absorbing material and supporting the recording medium at a recording position,
- wherein the holding section formed at the platen has an opening for receiving the ink and is formed with a wall for holding a periphery of the ink absorbing material and a rib supporting a bottom of the ink absorbing material.
An inkjet image forming apparatus recordable of non-margin images on a recording medium by discharging ink to regions within as well as out of the recording medium from a recording means, comprising:
- a platen having a holding portion to hold the ink absorbing material;
- wherein an opening is formed in a wall at a position corresponding to the recording means at the platen and a slope is formed at least a part of the opening and inclined with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.