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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Tomi, JP;
Masakatsu Ohkawa, Tomi, JP;
Akira Ikeda, Tomi, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Tomi, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and relatively movable with respect to a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. An ink ejector is mounted on the carriage and includes a plurality of ink nozzles which are provided in the sub-scanning direction to eject ultraviolet-ray curable inks and which are arranged in a plurality of pass areas to record a plurality of bands. An ultraviolet-ray irradiator is mounted on the carriage to irradiate the recording medium with ultraviolet rays and includes a plurality of light sources to irradiate the plurality of bands with ultraviolet rays, respectively. A gas flowing device includes at least one of an air sucking device to suck air on the recording medium side and a blowing device to blow a gas toward the recording medium side.