Patent ID: 7641330
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting head, having a head face on which nozzles adapted to eject liquid toward a first face of a target medium, to perform a recording on the target medium, are arranged, the liquid ejecting head adapted to move in a first direction; a conveyance guide member, adapted to support a second face of the target medium so that a distance between the head face and the first face of the target medium is made to be a prescribed value, the conveyance guide member including a plurality of ribs arrayed in the first direction and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a medium conveyer, adapted to convey the target medium in the second direction while causing the second face of the target medium to be abutted against the conveyance guide member, wherein, the liquid ejecting apparatus further comprising a controller operable to cause the liquid ejecting head to perform the recording on a leading end portion of the target medium by using only a first set of the nozzles when the leading end portion is abutted against the ribs and to cause the liquid ejecting head to perform the recording on a portion of the target medium, other than the leading end portion by using a second set of the nozzles after the recording on the leading end portion is completed, wherein the first set of the nozzles is located at an upstream end position in the second direction and located over the ribs, and wherein the number of nozzles in the second set of the nozzles is greater than the number of nozzles in the first set of the nozzles.