Ink jet printer
US7771039B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/0015
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet printer that performs printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles of an ink jet head onto a print medium includes: a moisture adjusting unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a print medium transport direction and adjusts moisture of the print medium by moving moisture of a printing surface of the print medium, onto which the ink droplets are discharged from the ink jet head, to a surface opposite the printing surface; and a moisture adjustment control unit that controls moisture adjustment of the print medium performed by the moisture adjusting unit in accordance with a ratio of the number of nozzles, from which the ink droplets from the ink jet head are discharged, to the total number of nozzles.
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