Patent ID: 6715856
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image-recording apparatus conveying a recording-medium and recording an image on the recording-medium, the apparatus including a main scanning direction which crosses to the conveying direction of the recording-medium, the image-recording apparatus comprising:a recording-head discharging ink to the recording-medium; a carriage on which the recording-head is mounted and the carriage which is reciprocatable along the main scanning direction; and a carriage drive mechanism reciprocating the carriage along the main scanning direction, wherein the carriage drive mechanism includes: a pair of pulleys, a motor supplying a driving force to at least one of the pair of pulleys; and an endless belt which is extended between the pair of pulleys and on which the carriage is mounted, and the carriage drive mechanism reciprocates the carriage so that a phase of a periodic speed fluctuation of the carriage during a forward movement of the carriage deviates from a phase of a periodic speed fluctuation of the carriage during a backward movement of the carriage.