Patent ID: 6663216
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:an ink jet recording head mounted on a carriage reciprocatively moving in a width direction of a loaded recording medium having a printing region on which image is recorded; at least one flushing region situated at least one of opposite side ends of the printing region, in which a flushing operation of the recording head is performed; means for setting a reference value which is determined in accordance with a first time period required for the carriage to travel a width dimension of the loaded recording medium; means for setting a threshold value, which is used for determining whether the flushing operation is performed, in accordance with the reference value; a timer which is reset when the flushing operation is performed; and means for determining whether the flushing operation is performed by comparing the threshold value and a time period counted by the timer.