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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Yoshitaka Shimada, Matsumoto, JP;
Shinichi Kamoshida, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Yoshitaka Shimada, Matsumoto, JP;
Shinichi Kamoshida, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus causes the repeated alternating execution of an ejection operation, in which light-curable ink is ejected from a head while the head and a light irradiation unit are moved in a predetermined direction by a movement mechanism, and a transport operation, in which a medium is moved relative to the head and the light irradiation unit in a direction that is orthogonal to the predetermined direction; and reduces the irradiation intensity of the light irradiation unit during acceleration/deceleration periods, when the movement mechanism moves the head and the light irradiation unit at a velocity that is lower than a predetermined velocity, to a lower irradiation intensity than the irradiation intensity of the light irradiation unit during a constant velocity period, when the movement mechanism moves the head and the light irradiation unit at the predetermined velocity.