Patent ID: 7562955

Claim:
A dot-recording method using a dot-recording device for recording ink dots on a print medium, the dot-recording device including a dot-recording head having a plurality of dot-forming elements for ejecting ink droplets and a platen being disposed opposite the dot-forming elements at least along part of a main scan path, the platen having an ink accepting portion extending in a main scanning direction and having a width in a sub-scanning direction, the width corresponding to a specific sub-scanning range of the dot recording head, the specific sub-scanning range including part, not all, of the plurality of dot-forming elements of the dot recording head, wherein the dot-recording method comprises the steps of: (A) setting an expanded area extending lengthwise beyond front and rear edges of the print medium, the expanded area representing a recording area for the print medium in which images are to be recorded with the ink dots; (B) preparing print data for recording the images in the expanded area; and (C) performing edge printing by ejecting ink droplets using at least some of the dot-forming elements in the specific sub-scanning range which are disposed opposite the ink accepting portion, when the images are printed in at least one of a front-edge portion or a rear-edge portion of the print medium based on the print data.