Ink-jet recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShuichi Yamaguchi
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Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head for discharging ink drops and disposed on a carriage which makes a reciprocating motion in the width direction of a recording medium, a cap for sealing the recording head in a non-printing area and receiving the ink drops discharged for the maintenance of the recording head during a printing operation, an ink receiving member which is capable of moving within a moving locus range of the recording head and disposed in the non-printing area situated opposite to the cap side. As the ink receiving member is positioned close to the side end of recording paper in agreement with its width, the distance between the ink receiving member and the side end of the recording paper is shortened.
Claims9
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a recording head, for ejecting an ink, disposed on the base for movement in a width direction of a recording medium in a first non-printing area, a printing area, and a second non-printing area;
- a cap, for receiving the ink from the recording head, disposed on the base in the first non-printing area;
- and
- an ink receiving member, for receiving the ink from the recording head, disposed on the base in the second non-printing area;
- wherein the ink receiving member is disposed on the base for movement in the width direction of the recording medium.
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a recording head, for ejecting ink, disposed on the base for movement in a width direction of a recording medium in a first non-printing area, a printing area, and a second non-printing area;
- a cap, for receiving the ink from the recording head, disposed on the base in the first non-printing area;
- an ink receiving member, for receiving the ink from the recording head, disposed on the base in the second non-printing area;
- recording-medium-width decision means for detecting a width of the recording medium;
- and
- control means, coupled to the recording-medium-width decision means, for causing ink to discharge onto the ink receiving member at a position that is based on the detected width of the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.