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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Yoshihide Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihide Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a recording headfor emitting a photocurable ink onto a recording medium, this photocurable ink being cured by application of light; an ultraviolet irradiation device equipped for applying ultraviolet light to the emitted ink; a carriage drive mechanismfor reciprocal scanning movement of the recording headin the direction perpendicular to the direction X for conveying the recording medium P; and a control sectionfor controlling the carriage drive mechanismto form one band by a plurality of reciprocal scanning movements of the recording head, and for controlling the recording headto reduce the amount of the ink to be emitted from the recording headin the last movement out of the reciprocal scanning movements required to form one band.