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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an ink jet recording system having a recording means for performing the recording by discharging ink onto a recording medium, wherein an ink receiving portion for receiving ink discharged from the recording means in no association with the recording regarding the recording medium is arranged within a width zone of the recording medium and out of a recordable area of the recording medium. The present invention further provides a carriage shifting apparatus comprising a body frame, a carriage reciprocally shiftable within the body frame, and a guide member having both ends supported by both side plates of the body frame and adapted to guide the carriage, and wherein a support portion provided on at least one ends of the guide member is non-detachably attached to at least one of the side plates by fitting the support portion into a guide member supporting portion provided in the guide plate while elastically deforming the guide member supporting portion.