Patent ID: 8061835
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a medium supporter configured to support a recording medium that is to be in close contact with a flat surface of said medium supporter; an inkjet head having a nozzle opening surface that is opposed to said flat surface of said medium supporter; a medium feeder including a first roller and a second roller that are configured to cooperate with each other to nip the recording medium supported on said flat surface of said medium supporter, thereby the medium feeder being configured to feed the recording medium outwardly of said flat surface of said medium supporter; said first roller being displaceable between a projecting position and a non-projecting position, such that said first roller projects up from said flat surface of said medium supporter when said first roller is placed in the projecting position, and such that said first roller does not project up from said flat surface when said first roller is placed in the non-projecting position; said second roller being displaceable toward and away from said first roller; and a feeder controller configured to control said medium feeder, for causing said first roller to be placed in the projecting position, causing said second roller to be displaced toward said first roller upon placement of said first roller in the projecting position so as to cooperate with said first roller to nip the recording medium, and causing at least one of said first and second rollers to be rotated, whereby the recording medium is fed outwardly of said flat surface while the recording medium is being at least partially separated from said flat surface by the placement of said first roller in the projecting position.