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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1993
Hiromu Hirabayashi, Nagano, JP;
Hideo Yamazaki, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer of the type in which an ink image is formed on an intermediate recording medium, and the ink image is transferred to a recording medium is disclosed. The ink jet printer includes heating means located near the intermediate recording medium. The heating direction of the heating means being set as desired. Control means is further included, which operates such that when the heating means heats the ink image formed on the intermediate recording medium, the heating direction of the heating means is set toward the intermediate recording medium at least one time, and when the heating means does not heat the intermediate recording medium, the heating direction of the heating means is put in the direction in which the heating means does not heat the recording head. The ink jet printer may also be constructed including heating means located near the intermediate recording medium, and select means for selecting a first heating direction in which the heating direction of the heating means is set toward the intermediate recording medium or a second heating direction in which the heating direction of the heating means is set toward the ink image transferred to the recording medium.