Patent ID: 7401879
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejection head, operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position; a transporter, which transports a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction; a guide member, having a guide face along which a tray member on which a second target medium is mounted is fed toward the target position in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, the guide member being movable between a first position and a second position, the guide member adapted to be placed in the first position not to support the tray member and adapted to be placed in the second position to support the tray member; a first sensor, which detects that the guide member is placed in either one of the first position and the second position; and a controller, which disables the transporter from transporting the first target medium when the first sensor detects that the guide member is placed in the second position.