Patent ID: 9162460
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: an inkjet head configured to discharge ink from a plurality of nozzles formed in an ink discharging surface thereof, the plurality of nozzles arranged in a plurality of nozzle rows along a first direction, the plurality of nozzle rows arranged along a second direction that intersects the first direction and is parallel to the ink discharging surface, the ink discharging surface including a specific portion located within an usage nozzle disposed area of the ink discharging surface where usage nozzle rows to be used in a printing operation, of the plurality of nozzle rows, are disposed; a head moving unit configured to move the inkjet head relative to a recording sheet along the second direction; a wave shape generating mechanism configured to deform the recording sheet in a predetermined wave shape that has top portions of portions protruding in a third direction toward the ink discharging surface and bottom portions of portions recessed in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, the top portions and the bottom portions alternately arranged along the second direction; and a control device configured to: