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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Koichi Osumi, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Hosoi, Chiba, JP;
Koichi Osumi, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Hosoi, Chiba, JP;
Seiko I Infotech Inc., , JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus is configured to use ink containing volatile components. A recording head has nozzles for discharging the ink and a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the ink in the nozzles. A control portion is configured to control the recording head to perform idle drive operations which causes microvibration of an ink meniscus in each of the nozzles, to perform preliminary discharge operations to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles, and to change a number of times of performing the idle drive operations and a number of times of performing the preliminary discharge operations according to the temperature of the ink detected by the temperature sensor.