Patent ID: 7354148

Claim:
An inkjet printer, comprising: an inkjet head that prints on a sheet, the inkjet head having a maximum printable length in a width direction crossing a feeding direction of the sheet, the inkjet head having a plurality of printing portions, each of the plurality of printing portions having a width less than the maximum printable length, the plurality of printing portions being shifted from each other in the width direction; a sheet supply unit having a plurality of sheet supply portions, where the sheet supply unit selectively feeds a narrow sheet having a width less than the maximum printable length, from one of the plurality of sheet supply portions to one of the plurality of printing portions; and a controller that switches the one of the plurality of printing portions to another of the plurality of printing portions by switching the one of the plurality of sheet supply portions to another of the plurality of sheet supply portions, based on the number of printings on the narrow sheet at each of the plurality of printing portions.