Patent ID: 9649864
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An inkjet marking apparatus comprising: a carrier means having a plurality of holding parts for holding printing substrates, the holding parts being provided at intervals in a conveying direction; a feeding means for supplying the printing substrates to the holding parts; a printing means for forming a marking pattern by inkjet printing on the printing substrates conveyed to a printing area by the carrier means; and a control means for controlling operations of the carrier means, the feeding means, and the printing means, wherein the printing means comprises a printhead provided with a plurality of nozzles in a direction intersecting the conveying direction of the printing substrates, and the printhead is supported so as to be movable in the direction in which the nozzles are arranged, and the control means, at a time of nozzle change when the nozzles to be used are changed, suspends the operation of the feeding means to form a non-holding area on the carrier means where the printing substrates are not held in the holding parts and, after the printing substrates are printed, moves the printhead during a time when the non-holding area passes through the printing area.