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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Iruma, JP;
Yoko Hirai, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
An ink jet printer for forming an image on a recording medium with an active-ray-setting ink, which is hardened by an irradiation of active rays; having a plurality of heads, each of the plurality of heads having a plurality of jet openings for jetting the active-ray-setting ink as ink drops towards the recording medium; and a plurality of active ray sources of irradiate active rays for hardening the ink drops of the active-ray-setting ink landed on the recording medium, wherein each of the plurality of heads and each of the plurality of active ray sources are arranged alternately.