Patent ID: 9090080
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image formation device to eject ink to perform recording on a recording medium, the image formation device comprising: an image formation drum which rotates in a predetermined direction to convey the recording medium held on an outer periphery of the image formation drum; a recording medium supplying unit which supplies the recording medium to the image formation drum at a predetermined supply position; a recording head including a plurality of nozzles to individually eject the ink onto the recording medium which has been supplied to the image formation drum, the nozzles being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording medium; and a conveying mechanism which receives the recording medium, onto which the ink has been ejected, from the image formation drum at a reception position downstream of the recording head in the conveyance direction, and conveys the recording medium selectively either to a paper output path for outputting the recording medium or to an inversion path for turning over the recording medium, wherein the conveying mechanism returns the turned-over recording medium to the image formation drum at a return position downstream of the reception position in the conveyance direction and upstream of the supply position in the conveyance direction; and a drum heater which heats a surface of the image formation drum is provided between the reception position and the return position.