Patent ID: 6137505
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An ink jet recording device comprising:a recording head having one array of ink discharge ports for emitting one ink and another array of ink discharge ports arranged for emitting another ink, wherein said one ink and said another ink are of different colors, and the ink discharge ports are arranged in an arrangement direction;a main scanning means for moving, in a direction different from the arrangement direction of said ink discharge ports, said recording head relative to a recording medium for a main scanning during an emission of the inks by said recording head; anda subsidiary scanning means for moving said recording head relative to said recording medium by a predetermined subsidiary scanning distance during a non-ink-emission by said recording head,wherein said one array is arranged without overlapping with any of said another arrays regarding the direction of movement of said main scanning means, andwherein said one array and any of said another arrays of ink discharge ports are arranged with a separation between said arrays that is the predetermined subsidiary scanning distance in the direction by said subsidiary scanning means so that the ink of different colors is not recorded in a continuous main scanning.