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Ink jet recording method

US6305787A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1999
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/061
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet recording method comprising: supplying insulating oily ink to an ejection part disposed so as to face a recording medium; irradiating the ink at the ejection part with light; applying an electrostatic field to the ink at the ejection part under irradiation in accordance with image data so as to eject the ink to form an image on the recording medium; and recovering excess ink from the ejection part. Also disclosed is an ink jet recording apparatus suitable for the ink jet recording method.

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