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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an image formation unit which deposits aqueous ink onto a recording surface of a recording sheet to form an image on the recording surface; a drying unit which dries the recording surface on which the image has been formed, the drying unit including a double-side heat application device which performs drying of the recording surface by applying heat to both the recording surface and a rear surface of the recording sheet opposite to the recording surface; and a drying control unit which controls a first intensity of heat applied to the recording surface and a second intensity of heat applied to the rear surface independently from each other, in accordance with a thickness of the recording sheet.