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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Takeshi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus for recording images in a recording medium having an ink absorbability, including: a recording head including a nozzle for jetting a photocurable ink onto the recording medium; and a light irradiation device to apply light to the photocurable ink landed on the recording medium, wherein: the light irradiation device includes a first light source to emit light having a first emission spectrum, and a second light source to emit light having a second emission spectrum whose peak wavelength is shorter than a peak wavelength of the first emission spectrum, and the first and second light sources are arranged so that the first light source irradiates the photocurable ink landed on the recording medium and thereafter the second light source irradiates the photocurable ink.