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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Zenta Kosaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobutoshi Otsuka, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus and a method of flushing a recording head of the same are provided. A recording medium is fed along a predetermined feeding passage in a predetermined feeding direction. An ink jet recording head is arranged in a manner movable along a with of the recording medium, in directions orthogonal to the predetermined feeding direction, for effecting printing on the recording medium while moving within a range of printing motion which is larger than a width of the recording medium. Further, the ink jet recording head is controlled such that the ink jet recording head ejects ink droplets toward an area aside from the recording medium within the range of printing motion to carry out a flushing operation of ejecting ink droplets regardless of contents to be printed during a printing process.