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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer having: an ink heating device for heating an ink whose viscosity decreases as temperature increases; a printing head for jetting an ink heated by the heating device onto a recording medium; a carrying device for carrying the recording medium while supporting the recording medium to face a nozzle-plate of the printing head; and a cooling device for cooling the recording medium in an upstream side with respect to a position where an ink placed on the recording medium is cured, in a carrying direction of the recording medium by the carrying device.