Patent ID: 7396122
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording device, comprising: a recording head which discharges an ultraviolet-ray curable ink, which is cured as irradiated with ultraviolet rays; an ultraviolet light source which generates ultraviolet rays to cure the ultraviolet-ray curable ink; a first heating section which heats the ultraviolet-ray curable ink on a recording medium after an irradiation of the ultraviolet rays; a second heating section which heats the recording medium before a heating process of the first heating section; a third heating section which heats the recording medium after a heating process of the first heating section; a pressure section which pressurizes the recording medium after an irradiation of the ultraviolet rays; and a controller which controls the first heating section to start heating the ultraviolet-ray curable ink on the recording medium after the last discharge of the ink to an arbitrary area on the recording medium, a first predetermined time between the last discharge and the starting heat is predetermined, and controls the first heating section to heat the ultraviolet-ray curable ink within a second predetermined time in a range between 0.1 and 10 seconds.