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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akiyoshi Sahara, Funabashi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 11/008 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus that performs preliminary discharge operation without a carriage and a recording medium interfering with each other is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus performs, at a center region in a conveyance direction of a recording medium, the preliminary operation at a position according to an edge portion of the recording medium obtained by an optical sensor. Further, the inkjet recording apparatus performs, at a leading edge region and a trailing edge region of a recording medium, the preliminary operation at a position based on input data.