Inkjet recording apparatus

The inkjet recording apparatus according to 1, wherein the transporting mechanism comprises:

• a feeding unit which feeds a recording medium from a housing portion which houses recording media, the housing portion being disposed at a position opposed to a face which is opposite to the holding face of the holding member;
• a guiding mechanism which guides the recording medium fed out from the housing portion to the holding member;
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• a transporting unit which transports the recording medium guided by the guiding mechanism to the holding face.

The inkjet recording apparatus according to 5, wherein the transporting unit comprises:

• a transport roller which is in contact with the recording medium to cooperate with the holding face to nip the recording medium;
• a driving mechanism which provides the transport roller with a rotational force for transporting the recording medium;
• a support member which displaceably supports the transport roller;
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• a displacing unit which displaces the support member to selectively position the transport roller to a position where the transport roller is in contact with the recording medium and a position where the transport roller is separated from the recording medium, and
• the transport controlling unit controls the driving mechanism to provide the transport roller with the rotational force and controls the displacing unit to be positioned at the position where the transport roller is in contact with the recording medium.

An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

• a holding member including a holding face which holds a recording medium;
• an inkjet head including a plurality of nozzles, which are arranged along a predetermined direction correspondingly with a predetermined resolution on an ink ejection face opposed to the holding face;
• a first moving mechanism which performs a first movement of moving at least one of the inkjet head and the holding member in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction;
• a second moving mechanism which performs a second movement of moving the holding member in the predetermined direction;
• a first movement controlling unit which controls the first moving mechanism to, during a printing operation on one recording medium, perform the first movement two times including first and second times, in the second time the inkjet head and the holding member being moved in directions that are opposite to directions in the first time;
• a second movement controlling unit which controls the second moving mechanism to, during the printing operation on one recording medium and after the first movement for the first time perform the second movement by a distance which is one half of a distance corresponding to the predetermined resolution;
• a print controlling unit which, during the first movement, controls the inkjet head to eject an ink toward the recording medium;
• a transporting mechanism which transports the recording medium to the holding face, the transporting mechanism comprises:
• a feeding unit which feeds a recording medium from a housing portion which houses recording media, the housing portion being disposed at a position opposed to a face which is opposite to the holding face of the holding member;
• a guiding mechanism which guides the recording medium fed out from the housing portion to the holding member;
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• a transporting unit which transports the recording medium guided by the guiding mechanism to the holding face, the transporting unit comprises:
• a transport roller which is in contact with the recording medium to cooperate with the holding face to nip the recording medium;
• a driving mechanism which provides the transport roller with a rotational force for transporting the recording medium;
• a support member which displaceably supports the transport roller;
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• a displacing unit which displaces the support member to selectively position the transport roller to a position where the transport roller is in contact with the recording medium and a position where the transport roller is separated from the recording medium;
• a positioning unit which selectively transitions between takes a positioning-enabled state, where positioning of the recording medium on the holding face is enabled, and a positioning-canceled state;
• a detecting unit which, when the positioning unit is in the positioning-enabled state, detects that the recording medium is positioned at a predetermined position by the positioning unit;
• a positioning controlling unit which controls the positioning unit to take the positioning-enabled state;
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• a transport controlling unit which controls the transporting mechanism to transport the recording medium to the holding face, and, when the detecting unit detects that the recording medium is positioned, stops the transport of the recording medium,
• wherein the transport controlling unit controls the driving mechanism to provide the transport roller with the rotational force and controls the displacing unit to be positioned at the position where the transport roller is in contact with the recording medium
• wherein the displacing unit positions the transport roller at the position where the transport roller is separated from the recording medium to enable the inkjet head to pass between the transport roller and the recording medium.