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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Yoshihide Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihide Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus has ink jetting nozzles through each of which a photocurable ink is jetted for recording an image onto a recording material by an ink jetting method. The apparatus includes a color ink recording head for jetting color ink, a clear ink recording head for jetting clear ink; and an ink amount determining section for determining an amount of the clear ink to be jetted from the clear ink recording head, by causing at least one of the color ink recording head and the clear ink recording head to record a predetermined test pattern on the recording material, and on the basis of a glossiness of the recorded test pattern. A glossiness measuring device measures the glossiness, and the ink amount determining device determines the amount of the clear ink based on the measured glossiness.