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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Ichihara, Matsumoto, JP;
Atsushi Yoshida, Matsumoto, JP;
Masaki Uchiyama, Azumino, JP;
Hiroyuki Ito, Matsumoto, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recorder includes a support unit configured to support a recording medium, and a mobile unit including a plurality of containers containing inks of identical composition and a head configured to eject the ink supplied from any one of the plurality of containers. The ink jet recorder is configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.