| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make a recorder compact and simple, and shorten the record start-up time period by a method wherein recording liquid spouts of an ink-jet recorder are brought in contact with a recording medium transfer device during out of recording so as to prevent water content in the recording liquid from evaporating. CONSTITUTION:A head assembly is usually brought in nearly contact with a transfer belt 6 during other actions than recording so as to achieve a capping effect. When a recording instruction is inputted to a control circuit 21, the head assembly is raised so that the gap between the head assembly and a sheet of recording paper 7 is widened up to the cap acting position, and the transfer belt 6 is rotated once for cleaning and then stopped. Then, when the recording paper 7 is fed onto the transfer belt 6 and an electric heat converter generates heat, ink changes its state, causing it to be discharged, and printed by recording heads 1a-1d. When the transfer belt 6 is stopped after feeding of the prescribed number of the recording paper finishes, the head assembly is lowered to put it in previous contact state, and, if necessary, the liquid drops are discharged to fill the gaps between the recording heads 1a-1d and the transfer belt 6 for preventing liquid passages from being dried up. |
