Patent ID: 8226200
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printing device comprising: a print head which discharges ink onto a sheet; a carriage on which the print head is mounted and which moves to and fro in a main scan direction while facing the sheet; a detector unit which is mounted on the carriage and detects presence/absence of the sheet at a detecting position in the main scan direction; an acquisition unit which acquires a print command including size information specifying size of the sheet for which printing is requested; a setting unit which sets the detecting position depending on the size information included in the print command acquired by the acquisition unit; a moving unit which moves the carriage to locate the detector unit at the detecting position set by the setting unit; and a checking unit which checks whether the sheet is present/absent at the detecting position by use of the detector unit located at the detecting position.