Patent ID: 8371689
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus capable of carrying out printing continuously onto both surfaces of a recording medium, the ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a first unit having a first ink-jet recording head for carrying out printing onto a first surface of the recording medium and having a first drying drum positioned below the first ink-jet recording head and heating and drying the recording medium after the printing; and a second unit having a second ink-jet recording head for carrying out printing onto a second surface of the recording medium and having a second drying drum positioned below the second ink-jet recording head and heating and drying the recording medium after the printing; wherein the first unit and the second unit are adjacent to each other; in the first unit, the first surface is subjected to the printing when the recording medium travels from the second unit side toward an opposite side; in the second unit, the second surface is subjected to the printing when the recording medium travels from the first unit side toward an opposite side; the recording medium can continuously travel in the first unit and the second unit; a first boundary wall and a second boundary wall are provided between the first unit and the second unit; and a gap passage for allowing passage of the recording medium is provided in a part in which the first boundary wall and the second boundary wall overlap with each other.