Patent ID: 9707775
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. 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 that 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; a second transport section that is located on the downstream side, in the first transport direction, with respect to the recording section, the second transport section including: a control unit that is configured to control the first transport section and the recording section to: wherein the second transport section is arranged to be separated and away from an end portion, in the first transport direction, of the recording medium or the first tray at a predetermined gap when the first tray is positioned at the stop position.