Patent ID: 8496310
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus which jets droplets of a liquid onto a recording medium, comprising: a head which jets the liquid droplets and in which a plurality of nozzles are formed; and a controller which controls the head to perform: wherein the controller: wherein the controller controls the head so that the total liquid discharge amount in each of the nozzles in the flushing operation becomes less for a case of a larger total amount of the liquid droplets jetted during a plurality of predetermined successive drive periods including the first drive period, through which a same volume of liquid droplet is jetted at the first drive period; and wherein the controller controls the head to perform the flushing operation so that a total sum amount in each of the nozzles, which is defined by summing up the total liquid discharge amount in the flushing operation and the total amount of the liquid droplets jetted during the successive drive periods in the recording jetting-operation, becomes not less than a maximum liquid amount that is maximally-dischargeable in the flushing operation and that the total liquid discharge amount in the flushing operation becomes a minimum.