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Inkjet printer and inkjet print method

US7445312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2004
Grant dateNov 4, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/057
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method, which enable an ink that overflowed to the outside from the edge of a printing medium to be fully absorbed by a platen. More specifically, the present invention provides an inkjet printer, comprising a platen, which absorbs a pigment ink that overflows to the outside of a printing medium when edgeless printing is carried out on the printing medium by using an ink that employs a pigment as a colorant, moving a printing head along a guide shaft, and ejecting the pigment ink from the printing head, and also an inkjet printing method, wherein the platen is impregnated with a humecant, a base, and the like.

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