Patent ID: 8991966
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: a feeding device configured to feed a sheet in a feeding direction; a platen configured to support the sheet fed by the feeding device; a recording device configured to eject ink from nozzles on a recording side of the sheet supported by the platen; a plurality of contacting members disposed between, in the feeding direction, the feeding device and the recording device and configured to contact the recording side of the sheet, the contacting members being arranged at intervals in a width direction which is orthogonal to the feeding direction, a detector configured to detect an end portion position of the sheet in the width direction; and a controller configured to control the feeding device and the recording device, wherein the controller performs a suppression process in which at least one of the feeding device and the recording device is controlled to suppress a contact of the sheet with the recording device when the end portion position detected by the detector is a position between the two adjacent contacting members.