Patent ID: 7510262

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus for ejecting liquid toward a target, the apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head, mounted on a carriage that reciprocates, for ejecting the liquid toward the target; and a controller for controlling a flushing mode of an in-range flushing, performed during the ejection by the liquid ejection head in a reciprocation range of the carriage outside the target, and a flushing mode of an out-of-range flushing, performed during the ejection by the liquid ejection head outside the reciprocation range of the carriage when the liquid ejection head ejects the liquid as the carriage reciprocates, wherein the in-range flushing is flushing performed during marginless printing, and wherein the out-of-range flushing is flushing performed during the marginless printing outside the reciprocation range of the carriage.