Patent ID: 7494200
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording material by scanning the recording material with a recording head for ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles, comprising: feeding means for feeding the recording material; discrimination means for discriminating whether a recording area, on which recording on the recording material fed by said feeding means is effected with the recording head, is a leading end portion of the recording material or a trailing end portion of the recording material; preliminary ejection means for ejecting ink, which is not contributable to image recording, from each of the plurality of nozzles; and preliminary ejection control means for controlling said preliminary ejection means so that either a first preliminary ejection for performing preliminary ejection on the basis of the number of ejections of ink ejected from each of the plurality of nozzles is performed in the case where a discrimination result by said discrimination means is that the recording area is neither the leading end portion of the recording material nor the trailing end portion of the recording material, or a second preliminary ejection for performing preliminary ejection when an elapsed time from a previous second preliminary ejection exceeds a predetermined time is performed in the case where the discrimination result by said discrimination means is that the recording area is the leading end portion of the recording material or the trailing end portion of the recording material.