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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Ama-gun, JP;
Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Ama-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus, having a recording system with a nozzle surface, a platen installed in a position to face the nozzle surface to hold the recording medium with a clearance provided between the nozzle surface and a surface of the recording medium held by the platen, a feeding system to carry the platen to a recording position, a detecting system which scans the surface of a recording medium to detect an object that may otherwise interfere the nozzle surface on the recording medium by scanning the surface of the recording medium, a scan objective area determining system to determine a scan objective area, which is an area to be scanned by the detecting system, and a scan controlling system which controls the detecting system to scan the scan objective area determined by the scan objective area determining system to detect the object on the recording medium, is provided.