Patent ID: 8926037
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: an inkjet head configured to discharge ink from a plurality of nozzles formed in an ink discharging surface thereof, the plurality of nozzles arranged in a plurality of nozzle rows along a first direction, the plurality of nozzle rows arranged along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the ink discharging surface; a head moving unit configured to move the inkjet head relative to a recording sheet along the second direction; and a wave shape generating mechanism configured to deform the recording sheet in a predetermined wave shape that has top portions of portions protruding in a third direction toward the ink discharging surface and bottom portions of portions recessed in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, the top portions and the bottom portions alternately arranged along the second direction, wherein the ink discharging surface includes a usage nozzle disposed area where usage nozzle rows to be used in a printing operation, of the plurality of nozzle rows, are disposed, and wherein half a width of the usage nozzle disposed area in the second direction is equal to or less than a distance between adjacent two portions of the top portions and the bottom portions.