Patent ID: 6123411
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet recording apparatus for recording an image onto a recording medium, comprising:a transport means for mounting a recording means that ejects a plurality of different color inks and a means for ejecting a recording-improvement liquid which does not substantially contain a coloring material and which comprises a chemical compound that performs a chemical reaction in which a coloring material in said ink becomes insoluble or coagulates and for reciprocating said recording means and said means for ejecting said recording-improvement liquid with a movement in a main-scanning direction;a control means for controlling at least a driving of said recording means and a driving of said means for ejecting said recording-improvement liquid; anda feeding means for feeding said recording medium in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to said main-scanning direction,wherein when said image has a boundary area having at least one of a boundary portion between two different color regions and a peripheral region thereof comprising a predetermined number of dots around said boundary portion, said control means controls said movement of said means for ejecting said recording-improvement liquid so as to eject said recording-improvement liquid onto an area of said recording medium corresponding to at least one of said boundary portion and said peripheral region thereof.