Patent ID: 9004668
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a carriage which is equipped with: an emission unit which emits an active light beam; and an image forming unit which forms an image by inkjet ejection of color ink, clear ink, and white ink that are cured by the active light beam, wherein the carriage has a scanning device which bi-directionally scans a recording medium in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, and the emission unit includes provisional curing devices which are provided on both sides of the image forming unit in the scanning direction, and a main curing device which is provided on a downstream side of the conveyance direction of the recording medium, the inkjet recording apparatus further comprising a control unit which implements, when the color ink is ejected, droplet ejection of the color ink while switching on the provisional curing device on a front side in the main scanning direction, and switching off, immediately after the droplet ejection, the provisional curing device on a rear side in the main scanning direction.