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US 2014/0111590 A1Published application
Ink-jet recording apparatus and ink-jet recording method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKohei TERADA
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Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided, including a first transport section which transports a recording medium; a recording section which is formed with a plurality of nozzles and which records an image on the recording medium by discharging ink droplets from the nozzles; an interference member which is provided at a position separated from the recording section; and a control unit which controls the recording section so that only a part of the nozzles is used for a certain area of the recording medium.
Claims16
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a first transport section configured to transport a first tray on which a recording medium is placed, in a transport direction including a first transport direction and a second transport direction as a reverse direction of the first transport direction, the recording medium having an image formation area in which an image is to be formed;
- a recording section which is provided on a downstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section, which includes a plurality of nozzles, arranged in the transport direction and including a first nozzle provided on a most downstream side in the first transport direction and a second nozzle provided on an upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first nozzle, and which is configured to record the image on the recording medium by discharging ink droplets from the nozzles;
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- a control unit which is configured to control the first transport section and the recording section to:
- perform a moving operation for stopping the first tray inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus from the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section at a stop position at which the second nozzle faces a first recording area, included in the image recording area, and at which a most upstream portion in the first transport direction of the image recording area does not reach a facing position facing the first nozzle and then for moving the first tray in the second transport direction;
- perform, during the moving operation of the first tray, image recording by discharge the ink droplets onto the recording medium placed on the first tray;
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- use, in a case of performing the image recording for the first recording area, the second nozzle and an upstream-side nozzle which is included in the plurality of nozzles and which is provided on the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the second nozzle.
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An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a first transport section configured to transport a first tray on which a recording medium is placed, in a transport direction including a first transport direction and a second transport direction as a reverse direction of the first transport direction, the recording medium having an image formation area in which an image is to be formed;
- a recording section which is provided on a downstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section, which includes a plurality of nozzles, arranged in the transport direction and including a first nozzle provided on a most downstream side in the first transport direction and a second nozzle provided on an upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first nozzle, and which is configured to record the image on the recording medium by discharging ink droplets from the nozzles;
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- a control unit which is configured to control the first transport section and the recording section to:
- perform a moving operation for stopping the first tray inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus from the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section at a stop position at which the second nozzle faces a first recording area, included in the image recording area and located on a most upstream side in the first transport direction, and at which a most upstream portion in the first transport direction of the image recording area does not reach a facing position facing the first nozzle and then for moving the first tray in the second transport direction;
- perform, during the moving operation of the first tray, image recording by discharge the ink droplets onto the recording medium placed on the first tray;
- and
- use, in a case of performing the image recording for the first recording area, the second nozzle and an upstream-side nozzle which is included in the plurality of nozzles and which is provided on the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the second nozzle.
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An ink-jet recording method applicable to an ink-jet recording apparatus including:
- a first transport section configured to transport a recording medium, or a first tray on which the recording medium is placed, in a transport direction including a first transport direction and a second transport direction as a reverse direction of the first transport direction, the recording medium having a forward end portion in the first transport direction and a backward end portion in the first transport direction in an image formation area in which an image is to be formed;
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- a recording section which is provided on a downstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section, which includes a plurality of nozzles, arranged in the transport direction and including a first nozzle provided on a most downstream side in the first transport direction and a second nozzle provided on an upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first nozzle, and which is configured to record the image on the recording medium by discharging ink droplets from the nozzles;
- the ink-jet recording method comprising:
- judging whether or not the recording medium is a sheet-shaped recording medium, based on a detection result by a detection section configured to detect the recording medium inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus from the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the first transport section, the first tray, or the recording medium placed on the first tray, or based on an instruction executed with respect to an operation section configured to instruct an operation of the ink-jet recording apparatus;
- stopping the recording medium inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus or the first tray at a stop position at which the backward end portion does not reach a facing position facing the first nozzle and then for moving the first tray in the second transport direction;
- performing, while moving the first tray in the second transport direction, image recording on the recording medium inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus or the recording medium placed on the first tray by discharging the ink droplets from the nozzles;
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- performing the image recording on the recording medium for the first recording area of the recording medium inserted into the ink-jet recording apparatus or of the recording medium placed on the first tray capable of facing the second nozzle when the recording medium or the first tray is positioned at the stop position, by using the second nozzle and an upstream-side nozzle which is included in the plurality of nozzles and which is provided on the upstream side in the first transport direction with respect to the second nozzle, under a condition that the detection section judges the recording medium as not being the sheet-shaped recording medium when judging whether or not the recording medium is a sheet-shaped recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.