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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Takeshi Yokoyama, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Yokoyama, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus having: a recording head including a nozzle row jetting ultraviolet curable ink on a substrate; and an LED light source including a plurality of LEDs disposed in the direction of the nozzle row, being electrically series-connected, and irradiating an ultraviolet light on ink having been jetted onto the substrate, wherein a total illuminance of two adjacent LEDs of the LED light source on a surface of the substrate is larger than an illuminance required for curing of the ink at an entire area of a section between each two adjacent LEDs, and a maximum of the total illuminance is set to be illuminance less than two times of a minimum of the total illuminance in the section between each two adjacent LEDs.