Patent ID: 7992990
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: an intermediate transfer body; a supplying unit supplying a curable solution containing a resin that is curable by external stimulation on the intermediate transfer body; an ejecting unit ejecting ink containing a recording material onto a layer to be cured formed by the curable solution supplied on the intermediate transfer body; a transferring unit transferring the layer to be cured on which the ink has been ejected to a recording medium from the intermediate transfer body; and a stimulation supplying unit supplying stimulation that cures the layer to be cured that has been transferred onto the recording medium; the resin that is curable by external stimulation being an ultraviolet curable resin. capable of being cured by an ultraviolet ray, and the stimulation supplying unit being an ultraviolet irradiation unit which irradiates the layer to be cured that has been transferred onto the recording medium with the ultraviolet ray.