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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Houjou, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image recording apparatus and method, and a varnish application device and method, which can ensure the adhesiveness of the varnish that has been applied onto the surface of the image. An image recording method according to an aspect of the present invention includes: comparing an attained temperature T(attained temperature Twhen ink has been dried) of the surface of the image on the medium when the ink has been dried, with a melting point TW of the wax component contained in the ink; and heating the surface of the image before the varnish that has been applied in the varnish application step is cured in the varnish curing step, when T≧TW holds.