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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a line head including a region of nozzles that are formed in an intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction of a recording medium and eject an ink, the region covering a printing region of the recording medium in the intersecting direction, a drying unit that dries the recording medium, a transport unit that transports the recording medium, and a control unit. The ink contains colloidal silica, and the control unit controls the drying unit and the transport unit such that drying of the ink is started within 0.4 second after the ink is attached to the recording medium.