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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Onishi, Nagano, JP;
Katsumori Takei, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Onishi, Nagano, JP;
Katsumori Takei, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus of the invention includes (1) a precoater for applying a coat of a pretreatment, (2) an ejector for ejecting the ink, (3) an overcoater for at least depositing a posttreatment on the ink, (4) a recorder recording print modes corresponding to the types of recording medium, (5) a selector for selecting one of the print modes from the recorder based on the type of the recording medium, and (6) a drive controller for controlling the operation of the precoater, the ejector, and the overcoater based on the selection result.