Patent ID: 7396105
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus for effecting recording on a conveyed recording medium by an ink jet recording head having a pigment ink ejection outlet array for ejecting pigment ink and a dye ink ejection outlet away for ejecting dye ink, the dye ink ejection outlet array having a length shorter than that of the pigment ink ejection outlet array, said ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a carriage for mounting and moving the recording head; a cap for capping ejection outlets of the recording head; and a preliminary ejection receiving portion disposed opposite to said cap in a recording area with respect to a movement direction of the recording head, wherein said preliminary ejection receiving portion has an inclined surface, along a conveyance direction of the recording medium, located so that the dye ink ejection outlet array is disposed upstream from the pigment ink ejection outlet array with respect to a direction of gravity when the recording head is located opposite to said preliminary ejection receiving portion.