Patent ID: 7182815

Claim:
An apparatus for discharging a material to an object, comprising: an ink jet head that contains a plurality of heads, each having a nozzle row, the nozzle row having an arrangement of a plurality of nozzles; a supporting mechanism that supports the plurality of heads; a mechanism that scans at least one of the object and the supporting mechanism relative to each other in a scanning direction; and a control device that moves the ink jet head, the control device including at least a first motor for oscillating and rotating the ink jet head around an axis parallel to the scanning direction, a second motor for oscillating and rotating the ink jet head around an axis parallel to a sub-scanning direction that is perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a third motor for moving the ink jet head orthogonal to the plane defined by the scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction, wherein the nozzle row is inclined relative to the scanning direction.