Patent ID: 8240811
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: at least one ink-jet head having an ink-ejection surface from which an ink is ejected; a feeding mechanism which includes a feeding member having a feeding surface facing the ink-ejection surface and which is configured to feed a recording medium on the feeding surface in a feeding direction in which the recording medium is fed; a supplying mechanism configured to supply the recording medium to the feeding mechanism; and a controller configured to control operations of the at least one ink-jet head, the feeding mechanism, and the supplying mechanism, wherein the controller is configured to perform (i) a first control in which the ink is ejected directly onto the feeding surface and (ii) a second control in which the recording medium is, after the first control, supplied from the supplying mechanism to the feeding mechanism such that the recording medium absorbs the ink on the feeding surface that has been ejected from the at least one ink-jet head in the first control, and in which the recording medium is fed by the feeding mechanism during the ejection of the ink from the at least one ink-jet head onto the recording medium.