Patent ID: 8029091

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head having an ejection surface in which plural ejection outlets ejecting ink are formed; a conveyor which has a placing member on which a recording medium is placed and which conveys the placing member to a position opposing the ejection surface; a printing controller which causes the conveyor to convey the placing member to the opposing position and causes the inkjet head to eject the ink towards the opposing position; an image sensor which captures an image of at least one of (i) a surface of the recording medium placed on the placing member, (ii) a surface of the placing member, and (iii) the ejection surface; a blocking object determining unit which determines, based on the image captured by the image sensor, whether an object which blocks the flight of the ink exists between the ejection outlets and the opposing position so as to obstruct at least two neighboring ejection outlets among the ejection outlets; and a blocking object dealing unit which carries out a predetermined blocking object dealing operation when the blocking object determining unit determines that the object blocking the flight of the ink obstructs at least two neighboring ejection outlets among the ejection outlets.