Patent ID: 7226140

Claim:
An ink-jet printer for forming an image in a main scanning direction for each line, comprising: a recording head to form an image, wherein a plurality of nozzles are arranged in an aligned direction in the recording head; a mounting section on which the recording head is mounted; a fixing member to apply an elastic force so as to fix the recording head on the mounting section; and an inclination adjusting device having a moving member movable along a side of the recording head, the side being located along the aligned direction of the nozzles, to push the side against the elastic force of the fixing member so as to displace the side of the recording head so that the inclination adjusting device adjusts an inclination of the aligned direction of the nozzles with respect to the main scanning direction; wherein the moving member pushes the side, along a direction different from a direction of motion of the moving member.