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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention includes a head, a first light source, a second light source. Liquid droplets of a photo-curable ink composition are applied to a recording medium. After one second or less elapses from the time when the liquid droplets are applied to the recording medium, the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the first light source. After 0.1 second or more and one second or less elapses from the time when the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the first light source, the liquid droplets are illuminated with light of the second light source.