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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Mitsuko Miyata, Osaka, JP;
Erika Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus has a recording head, a thermal head, and a heat control portion. The recording head has an ink discharge surface. The thermal head is arranged opposite the ink discharge surface across a recording medium conveyance passage, and heats the recording medium. The thermal head is provided with a plurality of element arrays in the width direction, the element arrays each having a plurality of heating elements arrayed in the recording medium conveyance direction. The heat control portion makes generate heat at least some heating elements in the element arrays corresponding to the ink discharge ports through which ink is discharged.