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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Kouhei Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Kishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mukasa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Tsuburaya, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotaka Okuwaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoichi Sonobe, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryuchi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Kouhei Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Kishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mukasa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Tsuburaya, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotaka Okuwaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoichi Sonobe, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryuchi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Finetech Inc., Misato-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus, which records a image on a recording medium using a recording head provided with a plurality of ink discharge ports, comprises a rotative platen having a plurality of supporting pieces arranged at predetermined intervals; rotation means for rotating the platen; conveyance means for conveying the recording medium; control means for controlling the rotation means to rotate the platen in the conveying direction of the recording medium in synchronism with the conveyance of the recording medium when recording is performed near the edge of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance means. With the structure thus arrange, this ink jet recording apparatus is capable of performing the entire area recording (no margin recording) on a recording medium without staining the platen that supports the recording medium at the time of recording.