Patent ID: 7926905
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus for effecting recording on a 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 array 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 ink jet recording head; and a preliminary ejection receiving portion for receiving ink preliminarily ejected from the ink jet recording head, wherein said preliminary ejection receiving portion comprises an inclined surface such that a portion of the inclined surface opposite to an area in which the pigment ink ejection outlet array overlaps with the dye ink ejection outlet array in a moving direction of said carriage is located above, with respect to a direction of gravity, a portion of the inclined surface opposite to an area in which the pigment ink ejection outlet array does not overlap with the dye ink ejection outlet array in the moving direction when the pigment ink ejection outlet array is located opposite to said preliminary ejection receiving portion.