Patent ID: 6666536
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet type image forming apparatus comprising:a platen for guiding recording media the platen having means on its top surface for receiving a roller; a recording head disposed opposite to the platen for ejecting ink droplets onto recording media, means for actuating the platen which moves the platen so as to adjust a gap between the recording head and the recording medium; paired conveyer rollers for holding the recording medium being image formed by ejected ink droplets from the recording head and conveying it, wherein the means for actuating the platen moves the platen in linkage with a holding operation of the recording medium between the paired conveyer rollers and sets the gap between the recording head and the recording medium at a predetermined distance; and further comprising a platen clutching means in which one of a paired discharge rollers arranged on the output side of the platen is rotationally supported by the platen so as to keep the platen at a position at which the platen has been shifted by the means for actuating the platen, wherein the paired discharge rollers are adapted to hold the recording medium and convey it when the holding of the recording medium by the paired conveyor rollers is released.