Drying device, printing apparatus and computer readable medium
US9340042B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/00212
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A drying device includes: an irradiation unit that irradiates, with laser light, a printing medium onto which ink droplets have been ejected from a droplets ejecting unit; and a control unit that controls the irradiation unit so that a temperature of ink on the printing medium becomes an ink target temperature that is determined using a thermal deformation temperature of the printing medium as a reference in case the thermal deformation temperature of the printing medium is lower than or equal to an ink drying temperature, and becomes an ink target temperature that is determined using the ink drying temperature as a reference in case the thermal deformation temperature of the printing medium is higher than the ink drying temperature.
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