Patent ID: 9199467
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink ejecting printer, comprising: a recording head disposed with a prescribed clearance between the recording head and a recording surface of a recording medium being conveyed, having a predetermined recording length in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording medium, and configured to eject an ink droplet on the recording surface; a partitioning member having a length longer than the recording length of the recording head, having a predetermined width in the conveyance direction, and movable between a position facing the recording head and a retracted position away from the position facing the recording head in parallel with the recording surface between the recording head and the recording surface; a supporting member to support the partitioning member so as to be movable between the position facing the recording head and the retracted position; a biasing unit to bias the supporting member toward the partitioning member located at the retracted position; a moving unit to move the supporting member toward the partitioning member located at the position facing the recording head against biasing force of the biasing unit; and a drive controller to drive the moving unit to move the partitioning member to the position facing the recording head and drive the recording head at predetermined drive timing to cause the recording head to eject an ink droplet on the partitioning member by performing dummy ejection.