Patent ID: 6024434
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B41J,Y10S

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for forming a recorded image on a recording medium with an ink jet recording head that jets ink, said apparatus comprising:a support member for supporting said recording head while scanning relative to the recording medium;a stepping motor for scanning said support member;a cap member for covering a face of said recording head formed with discharging orifices for jetting ink therefrom;cap member moving means for moving said cap member between a put-on position and a separated position with respect to said orifice-formed face of said recording head, said cap member moving means including a first engagement member capable of engaging with a second engagement member provided on part of said support member, said first and second engagement members being engaged with each other with said cap member put on and covering said orifice-formed face of said recording head; andstepping motor control means for stopping an output of an exciting phase of said stepping motor when said first and second engagement members are engaged with each other, wherein said stepping motor control means controls said stepping motor so as to (1) keep on the output of the exciting phase of said stepping motor so as not to rotate said stepping motor while said cap member is moved by said cap member moving means in such a direction as to come into contact with the orifice-formed face of said recording head, following scanning of said support member to a position where the orifice-formed face of said recording head faces said cap member, and (2) stop the output of the exciting phase of said stepping motor when said first and second engagement members are engaged with each other with said cap member put on and covering said orifice-formed face of said recording head.