Patent · US Active

Inkjet recording apparatus

US8672467B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
0References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 2011
Grant dateMar 18, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 30, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/00222
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance unit conveying a recording medium; inkjet recording heads jetting ink droplets onto a recording medium surface while scanning in a recording direction intersecting a conveyance direction; a first image converter converting image data, which have been inputted, into ink data based on the color of ink; a second image converter converting the ink data into dot data on the basis of which each inkjet recording head jets the ink droplets; a drying unit disposed on a conveyance direction downstream side of the inkjet recording heads and drying the ink droplets while moving in a drying direction differing from the conveyance direction; and a drying unit movement controller deciding and controlling a moving speed of the drying unit on the basis of at least one of the inputted image data, the ink data, or the dot data.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.