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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Hiroshi Kanai, Nagano, JP;
Masaru Ohnishi, Hyogo, JP;
Kenji Hashizume, Nagano, JP;
Shinichi Uehara, Nagano, JP;
Koji Maruyama, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhisa Tsuchiya, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Kanai, Nagano, JP;
Masaru Ohnishi, Hyogo, JP;
Kenji Hashizume, Nagano, JP;
Shinichi Uehara, Nagano, JP;
Koji Maruyama, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhisa Tsuchiya, Nagano, JP;
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a printing head configured to eject solvent ink from nozzles of the printing head on a medium at a printing position. A medium is made of a polyvinyl chloride film. The solvent ink includes an organic pigment of from 3 to 7 weight %, a resin of 15 weight % or less, and solvents. A print heater is configured to heat the medium at the printing position. The print heater is arranged separately from a pre-heater. A temperature controller is configured to control a pre-heater heating temperature of the pre-heater and a print heater heating temperature of the print heater such that a surface temperature of the medium at the printing position becomes within a range of from 30° C. to 70° C.