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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Takashi Tsutsumi, Hachioji, JP;
Toyoaki Sugaya, Hachioji, JP;
Masaru Nagai, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus including: a line head type recording head having nozzles for jetting ink to a recording medium; a moving apparatus for moving the recording head relative to the medium in a nozzle arrangement direction; a conveyance apparatus for conveying the medium reciprocally, relative to the recording head in a direction orthogonal to the nozzle arrangement direction; a head driving section for controlling the recording head so that the recording head jets ink based on inputted image information; and a control section for controlling the conveyance apparatus so that the amount of the frontward movement of the medium in an outward route is larger than the amount of the backward movement in a homeward route and for controlling the moving apparatus, when the conveyance direction is switched, so that the recording head is moved relative to the medium in the nozzle arrangement direction.