Patent ID: 7625058
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus which forms an image by jetting an ink onto a recording medium from nozzles, comprising: a recording head which includes a nozzle surface having the nozzles formed therein, and which records the image based on a recording command by jetting the ink from the nozzles onto the recording medium; a paper feeding mechanism which feeds the recording medium to the recording head; a paper discharge mechanism which discharges the recording medium from the recording head; a recovery mechanism which performs a recovery operation for recovering a jetting state of the nozzles; a timer which measures an elapsed time elapsed after the recovery mechanism has performed the recovery operation; a detecting mechanism which detects a change occurred in the paper feeding mechanism or the paper discharge mechanism; and a controller which controls the recovery mechanism to perform the recovery operation when the detecting mechanism detects the change and when the elapsed time measured by the timer exceeds a predetermined time.