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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Kouichi Kumamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihide Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Yokoyama, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus comprises: an ink jet type of a recording head in which ink jet openings for jetting a photo curing ink are arranged so as to face a recording medium; a light source which is set so as to be opposite to a face of the recording medium to which ink is jetted, and which irradiates a light for curing the ink after the ink is jetted; a light intensity measuring section for measuring a light intensity of the light irradiated from the light source; a temperature measuring section for measuring an ambient temperature of the light intensity measuring section; and a light source control section for correcting a measured light intensity of the light source in accordance with measurement results from the light intensity measuring section and the temperature measuring section.