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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Hironori Endo, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hirokazu Nunokawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Igarashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hironori Endo, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hirokazu Nunokawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Igarashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a movable head provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid; a carry unit for carrying a medium in a predetermined carrying direction; and a sensor for detecting an edge of the medium, the liquid ejecting apparatus controlling ejection of the liquid from the plurality of nozzles in accordance with a result of the detection of the sensor. In this liquid ejecting apparatus, the position, in the carrying direction, of the sensor is at the same position of or on an upstream side of a nozzle located most upstream in the carrying direction, of among the plurality of nozzles. In this way, it is possible to arrange the sensor for detecting the edge of the paper at the most suitable position, and to suppress waste of ink that is ejected from the nozzles.