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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits on a recording medium a treatment liquid having a function to aggregate inks or increase viscosity of inks; an ink deposition device which includes a plurality of ink heads for ejecting the inks of at least two types in such a manner that the inks are deposited on the recording medium on which the treatment liquid has been deposited; and a heating-pressuring device which fixes the inks that have been deposited on the recording medium, wherein the ink deposition device ejects the inks from the plurality of ink heads in such a manner that following Relationships (A) and (B) are satisfied where Mrepresents in-plane average deposition volume of one of the inks that is priorly deposited on the recording medium, Mrepresents in-plane average deposition volume of another one of the inks that is subsequently deposited on the recording medium, and N represents number of the types of the inks (1≦x<y≦N), Relationship (A): M+M<10 picoliters; and Relationship (B): |M−M|=3 picoliters.