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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Masahiko Sasa, Nagoya, JP;
Masaru Takeuchi, Handa, JP;
Kohei Terada, Nagoya, JP;
Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya, JP;
Ryohei Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiko Sasa, Nagoya, JP;
Masaru Takeuchi, Handa, JP;
Kohei Terada, Nagoya, JP;
Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya, JP;
Ryohei Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabuhsiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium including: at least one recording head for unused-ink having a nozzle array made of a plurality of nozzles that selectively ejects unused-ink; at least one recording head for recycled-ink having a nozzle array made of a plurality of nozzles that selectively ejects recycled-ink of an equivalent color to the unused-ink ejected from the recording head for unused-ink; a collector that collects ink discharged from the recording head for unused-ink and the recording head for recycled-ink so as to restore an ejectable state of the recording heads; and a recycled-ink supplier that supplies ink, collected by the collector, to the recording head for recycled-ink as recycled-ink.