Patent ID: 8075087
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a feed mechanism that feeds a medium in a feed direction; an ejection head that ejects liquid and that is movable in a main scanning direction; a sensor that detects a position of an edge of the medium and that is movable in the main scanning direction together with the ejection head; and a controller that sets, based on a result of detecting the position of the edge of the medium, an area to which the liquid is to be ejected from the ejection head, wherein the main scanning direction is a direction in which the ejection head travels, wherein the feed direction is a direction that intersects with the main scanning direction, wherein, when the ejection head makes a plurality of movements by traveling in the main scan direction, the controller changes, in accordance with a result of detection of the position of the edge of the medium performed by the sensor in a first movement, at least one of a start position and a terminating position of the area to which the liquid is to be ejected from the ejection head in a second movement subsequent to the first movement, and wherein the controller causes a degree of change of the at least one of the starting position and the terminating position to vary in accordance with a magnitude of a feed amount between the first movement and the second movement.