Drying device, image forming apparatus and computer readable medium
US9487028B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/14104
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A drying device includes: a drying unit that includes a laser light source group in which a plurality of laser light sources are arranged two-dimensionally and that dries ink placed on a recording medium as a result of ejecting of ink droplets from an ejecting unit by irradiating the ink with laser light; a control unit that divides the laser light source group into unit-of-control laser light source groups that are arranged in a crossing direction that crosses a feeding direction of the recording medium and each of which has, as a unit of control, a plurality of laser light sources arranged in the feeding direction of the recording medium, and controls the drying unit using laser light irradiation profiles that are set for the respective unit-of-control laser light source groups; and a setting unit as defined herein.
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