Patent ID: 7656112

Claim:
An ink-jet printer comprising: a recording head for printing; a movable carriage including the recording head; a driving motor, driving the movable carriage; a control command value generating unit, generating a control command value that becomes larger as a control deviation becomes larger, as a control command value to the driving motor; an abutting member on which the movable carriage abuts; a stop instructing unit, completing generation of the control command value by the control command value generating unit to stop driving of the driving motor when the control command value generated by the control command value generating unit becomes more than a predetermined judgment threshold value; and a prescribed distance driving instructing unit, causing the control command value generating unit to generate a control command value for allowing the movable carriage to be driven by a first distance in a direction away from the abutting member after the stop instructing unit stops the movable carriage, wherein the predetermined judgment threshold value is based on a signal value provided to the driving motor when the movable carriage is driven by a second distance before the movable carriage is driven in order to print.