Patent ID: 8136937

Claim:
An ink-jet printer, comprising: a feeding mechanism which feeds a plurality of recording media one by one in a feeding direction; an ink-jet head which ejects ink onto a surface of the recording medium at a recording position where the ink-jet head faces the recording medium fed by the feeding mechanism in the feeding direction; a pressing device including: a first spur and a second spur capable of pressing the surface of the recording medium respective pressing positions each located on a downstream side of the recording position in the feeding direction, the first spur being located on a downstream side of the second spur in the feeding direction; and a height changing mechanism configured to move the second spur in a vertical direction such that the second spur is positioned at either (a) a second-spur upper position at which the second spur does not contact the surface of the recording medium or (b) a second-spur lower position at which the second spur presses the surface of the recording medium; and a controller configured to control the height changing mechanism; wherein the controller is configured to control the height changing mechanism to move the second spur to the second-spur upper position to realize a first state in which the second spur is located at the second-spur upper position, and the first spur is located below the second spur so as to press the surface of the recording medium; and wherein the controller is configured to control the height changing mechanism to move the second spur to the second-spur lower position to realize a second state in which the second spur is located at the second-spur lower position so as to press the surface of the recording medium, and the first spur is located at one of a first position at which the first spur presses the surface of the recording medium and a second position, located above the first position, at which the first spur does not contact the surface of the recording medium.