Ink-jet recording apparatus

An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:

• a carriage configured to be movable, within a section between one end and the other end separated in a main scanning direction, in a forward direction from the one end to the other end;
• a recording head which is provided in the carriage and has a plurality of nozzle groups aligned in the main scanning direction from which the ink is discharged;
• an ink receiver which is provided at a side of the one end including a flushing position and is configured to receive the ink discharged from each of the nozzle groups by a flushing operation in which the ink is discharged irrespective of recording of an image;
• and
• a controller configured to control operations of the carriage and the recording head,
• wherein in a case that the carriage is moved in the forward direction, the controller is configured to execute:
• an acceleration process for accelerating the carriage to a recording velocity at which the recording of the image is performed in an acceleration section ranging from a stationary position of the carriage to an acceleration completion position positioned on a downstream of the stationary position in the forward direction;
• a selecting process for selecting at least one nozzle group for which the flushing operation is performed from the plurality of nozzle groups so that the number of nozzle groups selected is decreased as an acceleration of the carriage in the acceleration process is increased;
• a flushing process for performing the flushing operation for each nozzle group, which is selected in the selecting process, during the acceleration process in a case that each nozzle group arrives at the flushing position;
• and
• a recording process for recording the image by discharging the ink from the nozzle groups while the carriage is moved at the recording velocity in a section between the acceleration completion position and the other end.